Great idea! Find a way to make them stay put, they'll last for decades!
The real problem is everyone is out to make a buck. Imagine going back 40 or 50 years and telling someone that someday they'd charge you to buy a...
I'd like to see them ENCOURAGE rainwater recycling and sell setups for the homeowner to make that water potable. Instead, in some areas, they go...
Nice haul buddy....sounds like it was easy access too. I spent the entire day yesterday splitting dead stuff and feeding some of it directly into...
It's unthinkable, with all these modern advances in science, that desalination and even sun-powered distillation aren't mainstream in states like...
It's a female deer tick. They have a red hind end and are much larger than the males/juveniles. My son had a male deer tick on him and it was...
Can you imagine the look on the neighbors, peering out the windows!?!? :binoculars::jaw::bug::loco: :crazy:
Oh....my....goodness...:drool:
I had 6 (yes, SIX!!) ticks on me in the past two weeks, from collecting maple sap in the woods! My youngest son has had one so far. Seem to be...
I love burning beech and I keep every piece of it I cut......it seems to season quite fast and puts out a pile of heat, lights off quickly, and...
I'm gonna TRY to come, it'll be for a single day. I'll see if cwn877 wants to go too......
God bless him for his service to our beloved country. And God bless you and your family for raising a fine young man!
We make a drink up at camp that involves a shot glass of 'shine with a blob of maple syrup in it. We call it "gettin fluffed"......lmao!!
Yep. I've only ever lost one or two spiles in all the years doing it this way. Occasionally the caps break on the jugs, but that's pretty rare....
I do the sugaring thing as well, on a slightly more primitive level. The whole family loves it, and I enjoy the time with my kids in the woods!...
Boiled around 60 gallons last night and just finished off around 1.5 gallons of syrup on the stove this evening. Taps are roaring the past...
I've sinned as well.......everything I've put theough the maple syrup evaporator had been fresh-cut standing dead oak and cherry. .....some of it...
Hahaha...there are days I come home and feel like I've been doing it that way....
Primo BTU's! Well done! Other than the chilly wind, it was a beautiful day yesterday. I wasnputside all day yesterday, split around 3/4 cord...
That would be an ideal tree for two or even three taps.......perfect sugar tree! Get a dozen of those double tapped and you'll be up to your ears...
