Category: March 2014
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Identity Crisis
March 30, 2014 Once our syrup has been canned, it comes into the house to be washed and labeled. Usually, we do this in small batches and it’s no big deal. This last week, has been full of other work, so the labeling got put off. My dear wife spent…
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Starting Up Again
March 28, 2014 After a very cold start to the week, the sap is running again. We will gather later and it looks like, quite a few times over the next several days. Some of this work is usually done in February, but not this year 😮 Winter just won’t…
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Some of Ohio’s Finest
March 23, 2014 This is just a smaple of some of Ohio’s finest maple syrup. We bottle it in the sugarhouse on a canner just for that purpose. I like the containers that show off our great state. I am Ohio proud. Last year, we sold over 100 gallons to…
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Rolling Boil
March 21, 2014 Sap was running again today. I was busy boiling the sap we gathered yesterday. It was a very nice day for it. We had lots of visitors, friends and maple tasters enjoy the day right along with us. 😮 The snow is all but gone. The ground…
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Boiled late
March 13, 2014 Â Â Last night, after battling a winter storm gathering sap, I boiled the first sap of 2014. This season has been crazy due to the weather. We are started much later than most years. The very cold weather wants to hang around. Yes, we need cold nights…
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It’s Time!
March 10, 2014   It is finally time for us to tap the Maple trees. The sap is running. Today we managed to get about 300 done. Our big day will be tomorrow. We hope to do 900 more 😮 Some folks tapped before now, but very few have made…
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Things don’t always go as Planned
March 5, 2014   In the photo, you can see a nemesis of northeast Ohio farmers called; Multa-Flora Rose. Once hailed as a great option for border fencing because it was “horse high and hog tight!”. It was hailed, praised and in some cases crammed down farmer’s throats. Now, however, it is…
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