Sorghum fest in Caraway

September 25, 2012

Photos by Revis Blaylock and Barbara Weathers

An old-fashioned day was held at Poor Boys' Garden near Caraway with harvesting and making of sorghum. The day was filled with bluegrass music, barbecue, games, and visiting with friends and neighbors.

Poor Boys Gardens was the place to be for a harvest fest.
The big chair.
Kenny Weathers checks the sorghum.
Duck races was a popular game as participants pumped the water from the hand pumps.
Saved by Grace was one of hte groups entertaining at the sorghum festival.
It was an old fashioned gathering for the sorghum harvest.
The Sorghum Queen 2012 poses for the camera.
Our turn in the chair.
Carey Pfiefer provides the horse power for the sorghum mill.
The winner is.
Len Redding demonstrates how the antique sorghum mill works. Mr. Redding worked the same sorghum mill in 1944 when people would bring their their cane in.
We made it.
The antique fruit orchard sprayer was on display.
Keeping watch over Poor Boys' Garden.
Molly Pfiefer and Barbara Weathers.
Tammy Henry was crowned Miss Sorghum Queen.
Helping with the harvest.
This is the way the mill works.
Cooking the sorghum the old fashioned way.
Kenny Weathers enjoyed having his guests help with the sorgham making.
Bluegrass was the music of the day at Poor Boys Garden sorghum festival.
Several groups and individuals joined in for a day of singing.
Music was part of the 2012 Sorghum Festival held in Caraway.