That would give me time to get up to 100 posts as well. :confused:
Oh my gosh! You live right up the road from where we're building our retirement home. Dover VT. Won't be set for a year or so. I would jump on...
As some of you know, we're doing our own clearing on the building site we have in VT. Last year I did a bunch of research on a saw that would fit...
Checking the weather in S. VT. Looks like a good run coming early next week! We need to get up there.
That is a very cool arch! Cheap, cheerful and efficient. Looks as if it could be made permanent like.
So are these trees coming off your property? Nothing that size on our property. :(
Nice set up there. Good to have a helper, as well! My Mom's family was from the Monadnock region of NH. I loved to visit there, when I was a kid.
Hey Cold Trigger Finger, I do that whole round over the head quite a bit myself. Let fifteen pounds of wood do the work......as long as I can get...
Nice set up there T.Jeff Veal! That is a serious round there.
I have to find someone who is willing and ....more importantly ......able to refurbish a vintage Trailbreaker. My brother has 3 vintage...
I grew up with Trailbreakers. Got one waiting for us when we head up to VT next year. Going to need to have a complete over haul but I can't wait.
A wind break is a good idea. An engineer friend of ours argues that wind helps the evaporation. I get that thought. Wind helps evaporation off...
We poured a concrete pad to put the arch on. Makes it easier and leveler to boil on. It's easy to find and shovel off when it comes time and...
We collect with an old shoulder yoke and a couple buckets. The buckets are tapered widest at the bottom and narrower at the top to prevent...
I can tell you that I loved sugaring with my Dad. Probably why my bro and I are still doing it 55 years later.
Nice day for a run today around here.
We pour the near ready syrup through an old (clean) bed sheet from the pan to a big stock pot for finishing on the stove. Our pan is about 30" by...
Jon, I'm sure a "real" sugaring outfits pre filter the sap extensively. We just keep skimming off the sap as we boil it. Sugaring is going to be a...
The only "prefiltering" we do is pick out the bugs, moths, and leafy bits by hand from the buckets. That second dipper you see in my pics is a...
We've talked about tapping some of the big birch trees and adding that in for a gallon or two to see how that tastes.
