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March 2009
Nearing the Finish Line
Saturday, 28 March 2009 7:57 A GMT-05
We were feeling pretty proud o fourselves; this year our sugar wood had been split early in the summer and was beautifully dry, we organized our time so that we could maximize the sap, we put in another line, bringing our total to more than 70 taps,
What it all boils down to
Saturday, 21 March 2009 7:13 A GMT-05
As I was leaving work on Thursday a co-worker, upon wishing me a good weekend, told me to "go make steam". At forty to one, steam is certainly the biggest product we make; too bad we can't bottle that.On the other hand, we did bot
Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble
Monday, 16 March 2009 7:06 A GMT-05
We fired the old girl up yesterday; finally! Gone are the days when we put in taps and expected gallons of sap to boil the next day. We've become experts at this and realize it takes at least a week, maybe two, to store up enough of the stu
For The Discerning Swamp Yankee
Saturday, 14 March 2009 7:23 A GMT-05
We've become sophisticated in some ways; for example we finally put a closet in our main entrance way so that we can hide away coats and hats and shoes upon arrival instead of piling them in a heap and stashing them away quickly when company come
On the March
Sunday, 8 March 2009 8:19 A GMT-05
Yesterday it was in the 50s, sunny, and a as a consequence, muddy and wet, with the two or three feet of snow still hunkered on the ground in the sugar bush no longer willing to support any weight at all. Snow shoes would perhaps be called for
Til the cows come home
Sunday, 1 March 2009 9:49 A GMT-05
Thursday I rushed home from my real job so that I could string sap tubing before it got too dark to see. In between discussing schedules and appointments, we discuss our new project, meat chickens, and how that might be accomplished while still