Category: February 2013
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2 Crashes
I have endured 2 crashes within this last week. The first crash was my computer locking up. We will have that remedied soon. The second crash was a giant shock to our family. The shockwaves are still resonating through the family. Our daughter Donna’s husband was killed in an automobile…
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Encouragement for the young ones
February 24, 2013 The young sugar maples in the photo will now have the opportunity to grow unrestricted. We removed the competition for light and nutrients, by culling other trees. Those tress felled will be used for firewood, lumber and “sugarwood” (wood used to fire the maple syrup arch). I…
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Syrup season is on Ice
February 23, 2013 Our cold temperatures continue. The sun does shine every other day or so. It is nice to see the sun, but it is creating a problem for us. The south side of the maple trees get just warm enough to drip by late afternoon. The nights are…
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Oops…Sorry Honey
February 21, 2013 I started wearing my hair pretty short about a year ago. I realized that a guy can only do a comb over so long 😮 It is just the way it is… I am going bald. I am not a vain person. Baldness doesn’t bother me ……
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Stopping the Wind
Febuary 20, 2013 When I built my sugarhouse, I had a smaller outfit in mind than we currently have. Once we got our rig, I had to add on to the sugarhouse. We added a large woodshed to hold the 12 cords of wood needed for boiling. Our original design,…
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Brrrr.. Cold Again
February 19, 2013 After a warming trend over night and into the early morning … It’s cold outside again! I got all excited thinking we would be boiling sap, but the trees didn’t run much. What did come out is frozen. Looks like we will be waiting for the weekend…
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Taking Care of Problems
February 18, 2013 Today we took care of the last, for now, problem trees around the farm. We removed three bad actors. One was a large Ash tree that died last year. Its limbs were starting to shed right on the fence. Another was a big old soft Maple. The…
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Just Chilling!
February 17, 2013 It was cold here today. The high was 17 F. The sun was bright when it would peek out, but it was stingy with its warmth! A little heat up is on the way. Sap will run by tomorow afternoon 😮 We are all antsy to get…
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Steaming into the night
February 13, 2013 Last Monday night I made the first boil of the season. The wind was whipping by the time I got fired up. It was hard to figure out which side of the cupola to open. I did finally get it right, but it was steamy for a…
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Sap Gathering Sled
February 12, 2013 This sled and tank is what my horses pull when we gather the maple sap. The tank has a strainer where you dump the sap. It also has baffels that keep the liquid from splashing out too bad. The sled is a simple, well made four foot…
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