I finally got around to unwrapping our new maple syrup evaporator that we will be using to make maple syrup in the upcoming 2013 sugaring season. For those unfamiliar with maple syrup making (AKA Sugaring), you need an evaporator to make syrup. We used a gas grill last year as our evpaproator. Basically, you boil […]
The end of the sap season came for our sugarbush on March 12th. The weather last week and two weeks ago has been unseasonably warm and without the cold nights to go along with the warm days the sap flow stopped. The stop was so sudden it was amazing. We went from getting 10 gallons […]
Well after getting dumped on with over a foot of snow and a day of cold in the teens, we have now gone to the other weather extreme hitting 60.2 degrees here today. The snow pack is starting to melt, and the sap is flowing. Collected 8.5 gallons between last Sunday and Monday. Tuesday was […]
