I am often asked why we bother growing sugar cane, especially when refined sugar is so inexpensive in the super markets. The easiest answer is because we enjoy growing it. Sugar Cane is easy to propagate and grow and it can act as a great privacy screen. It can be grown for chewing or juicing. The juice can be enjoyed fresh or boiled to turn to syrup. And it can be fed to your cows and goats as a great fodder. It’s so much more than just a natural sweetener and I'll show you

2021 brought with it our very first annual sugar cane boil here on Sugar Hill Homestead. It was a small quiet celebration with just our immediate family in December. Our plan for future cane boils is to invite family, friends, and neighbors to join in the merriment and tradition of cane boils. I'm already looking forward to hosting next years cane boil now that we have most of the kinks worked out. A sugar cane boil is exactly what it sounds like, its a day where we harvest s