Category: March 2012
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Sap Roads
March 31, 2012 We cut a new sap road for the 2013 season. The new road was laid out with several environmental concerns considered. Some of our old roads run through the woods in random fashion. Many of those roads need improvement and some best management practices employed.…
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Staycation
March 30, 2012 I am thinking lots of people will forgo their vacation plans this year and find things to do near home. The price of gasoline continues to rise and the budgets won’t budge. I am enjoying a “staycation” of my own. I have been doing…
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Business Partners
March 28, 2012 I bet lots of men will be jealous of my business partner Duke. He is a silent partner for sure. He never complains. He never worries about profits or the stock market. The dress code is entirely up to me. He couldn’t care less about…
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Riding Alone
March 25, 2012 John and his daddy came over the other day. John’s big sister stayed home because she was a little under the weather. Johnny climbed into the rocking horse and took off for parts unknown. He was having a ball and did not have to stop to…
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It won’t be long
March 23, 2012 I have been tied up by my off farm job and the work that piles up while I am giving my attention there. It’s not an excuse for my missing posts, it is the truth. Priorities can now shift and my soul will once again…
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Three is not a crowd
March 19, 2012 The old saying that two’s company and three’s a crowd must have been invented by someone other than a draft horse person. I am about to start the job of finishing picking my corn. Three horses pulling a gravity wagon will be a good thing. …
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Notes In The Air
March 17, 2012 After dinner one night, my daughter-in-law and granddaughter sat on the couch and sang with the radio. It was sweet music to me. The notes were hanging on the air like a perfume. It was pleasing to my ears and to my heart. A…
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The Wedding Quilt
March 15, 2012 As each one of our children marry, my wife makes them a quilt for their bed. We call them wedding quilts. Our youngest son married last fall. In the days that followed, my wife’s father passed away. The wedding quilt was put on hold, while she…
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Making Grandpa Proud
March 14, 2012 We had seven runs of syrup this season. We take a sample from each run to see the quality of the syrup that we are making. You will see eight sample jars in the photo. That is because in the last syrup we made, we…
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The Night Watchman
March 13, 2012 He keeps on growing and continues to learn his job. Tonight when we dragged ourselves up from the sugarhouse, he was watching two tired people. It was a long, productive day. Chores were done at 4:oo am. We started getting everything ready to finish up…
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