Category: February 2012
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Leap Day?
King all stretched out February 29, 2012 I guess nobody told King it was leap day 😮 We worked in the sugarhouse again today. The sap ran well last night, but was all quiet by today’s end. We need some cold weather now, to get us…
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Taking It In Stride
Hoss and Knight pulling the sap sled February 28, 2012 Work continues for the maple syrup operation. Today we got another sled load of firewood. That takes our woodshed total to 5 cords, not counting what we have already burned up. I believe that will be enough for…
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Liquid Gold
Our first efforts February 27, 2012 Here are two sample bottles representing our first two runs of syrup. The sweet stuff looks beautiful and tastes wonderful 😮 I would even say YUMMY! We gathered today, but probably should have waited until tomorrow. This whole thing is…
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Going after more
Jacob, Knight and Hoss going after more sap February 26, 2012 The maple syrup season continues. Today we boiled the last sap we had for the week. I was supposed to take it easy..well, I did,,,boiling is fun for me 😮 I must admit that I like driving…
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Taking it easy
King taking a break, 8 months old February 25, 2012 The sap isn’t running today. I small winter storm has us in its grip. It is a good day to take a break. I am going to take care of a bunch of little things while we wait…
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All Steamed Up
Sap is boiling good February 24, 2012 Yesterday we boiled most of the day. It was supposed to get warm and sunny, but the clouds prevailed. The sap did not run much, but I stayed busy boiling with sap gathered the day before. Our maple syrup…
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Horse drawn sap harvest
Gathering sap the old-fashioned way February 23, 2012 Yesterday we gathered our third run of maple sap. Jake drove the horses for a while. He gets along well and is a good teamster. We come from a long line of draft horse people and maple sugar makers as…
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Thanks Mom
Mom’s final resting place February 20, 2012 This is the spot my mother chose for her final resting place. It is, as you can see, near my sugarhouse. I even tap the trees near her. The unloading line is right where she can see the amount we gathered…
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Two days become one
“Unk” surveying the steam February 19, 2012 My uncle helps out quite a bit around here. He is a confidant, helper and friend. He was as pleased as me when the steam started to rise from the maple syrup pans. I am sure he celebrated this accomplishment as…
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Sweetened the Pans!
First Boil February 17, 2012 We did it! We boiled our first sap in the new sugarhouse. We had plenty of minor setbacks, a few small leaks and we ran out of day, but by golly we had steam rising and sap boiling! It was a…
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