Category: March 2015
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That Worried Look
March 30,2015 Okay, so now it is warming up. The sap is running good today. It will drop below freezing tonight. This is perfect weather for making maple syrup. As I look at the extended forecast, I see a stretch of warmer, wet weather without a drop below freezing. If…
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My Wife is a Scraper!
March 29, 2015 My wife is a little sweet thing. It’s hard to believe that she likes to scrap. Okay, she’s not a fighter. She’s a quilter! She made the quilt in the picture all from scraps that she had saved from other quilts she has made. I can say,…
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Dashing Through The Mud
March 28, 2015 Last evening we made a mad dash to gather all the sap before the cold weather set upon us. We got started about 3:30 pm. The wind was cold and snowflakes were starting to fly. The sap bags hanging on the trees w ere starting to skim…
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Attention to Detail
March 26, 2015 In all you do, pay attention to detail. It truly is the little things that matter. I worked with a guy who always said, “take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.” I finally figured out what he meant several years after we…
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Friends
March 23, 2015 Today, I met with an old friend. We have talked on the phone and by email, but we had a real visit today. It was face time, in the flesh…no computer or cell phone needed 😮 We caught up on life as easy, as if we had…
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In A Fog
March 22, 2015 We collected a good amount last night just before dark. The trees quit dripping because the temperature dropped. This is awesome weather for us maple producers. I am hoping this batch of sap is sweeter than it has been. So far, the sugar content is much less…
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Triumph… or Try-Umph?
March 21, 2015 Yesterday, as I gathered the eggs there was this little bitty egg. I have seen them before and they always make me laugh. As a hen lays her eggs, she eventually runs out. She takes a break from laying, called “molt” She will lose and get new…
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So You Want to be a Maple Syrup Maker
March 20, 2015 If it’s your plan to make maple syrup, the thing you will need the most of is… PATIENCE! First you wait on the season to get here. Then you wait for the sap to start running. Then you wait for the bags to fill. Once they are…
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Wood You Believe We Finally Got Sap!
March 19, 2015 Today we got a nice run of maple sap. We gathered over 600 gallons, finishing just before dark. The days ahead look good. Even though our season is later than usual, it is finally starting to kick into gear! The wood shed is starting to go down…
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Yanking The Fire
March 17, 2015 St Patrick’s day boil. We gathered this afternoon. We didn’t get as much sap as I thought we would. The temperature was warm yesterday, but no sunshine. The good news is that lots of snow melted! I think from here on out, the sap should run like…
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