I live along the easterly route to Killington, but suspect you come in from the west.
Bearer of bad news... Hanging up the tongs: Top of the Hill Grill owner reflects on running a business and building a local institution
Nice posts - great plan. A couple of thoughts on felling, from someone who wasn’t trained, got bitten, and then trained informally. The hinge is...
Busy weekend, working on fencelines. A little over 20 years ago we fenced the cattle out of the stream, as part of a WHIP project. I hired someone...
Williams Engineer’s wrenches. The larger is 1 1/2”. 709 ISN
I couldn’t figure out the two large easy-outs until I opened the small box of them. The chip extractor had me puzzled (thanks) - got 2 of them....
A relative is downsizing, and gave me some of her husband’s tools. He was a machinist- this is a ragtag group of things. Several maker names I was...
Dad was just telling me stories of his first time running Boston, in 1960. It was a bit different back then. I never got to see him run there, but...
Mom and I drove across country, camping and sleeping in the car. We spent a night in the parking lot at the locks and in the morning wandered over...
Lead was common into the late 80’s/ early 90’s. The first pan I made, in shop class, I used 50:50 solder. Also brass pumps contributed lead....
I was seeing pickup trucks with sap tanks last week, and the neighbor was boiling Wednesday, but it is ending quite decisively down here now. I’ve...
[ATTACH] My last boil of the season was this past Monday; I let the fire die and emptied the pan. We’ve had some favorable weather since then,...
I bought my Farmi used, about 15 years ago, for $900. It was out in the weather, propped up on a stone wall. I’ve kept it under an overhang, and...
I’ve wondered the same! I’ve judged silage and hay, but have never seen syrup being judged. It is pretty serious business in some circles! The...
Thanks! I’m going to do a blind taste test with a couple other family members’ syrup to compare, just for fun. I would love to have my...
This past week wasn’t as great weather-wise as hoped, but another gallon bottled. Wednesday and Thursday night were above freezing, but a nice...
Very good - storms like this are a non-event with respect to heating.
The New England storm was Tuesday this week. Quite variable amounts - a coworker that lives less than 10 miles from me got 34” while we had a bit...
12-16” and no power for 30 hours. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
We used to sell 60 gallons a year from our house, selling mostly to tourists who didn’t know maple, so we spent a lot of time explaining the...
