Well we awoke Saturday morning to a surprisingly sunny, and mild day. The weather forecast was for the entire weekend to be a washout, so the lack of rain was a huge bonus. We gathered the kids and some buckets and went down to check the sap flow. Just before we were to check the […]
Even with yesterday’s 50F degree day we still had some buckets with a little bit of ice skin on the top of the sap. I am too stingy to discard this ice for fear that I am throwing out even the tiniest bit of maple sap, despite what I have read about this ice containing […]
Our latest sugaring device. This little set-up has made filtering large quantities of maple sap a breeze. I cut the bottom off of a 5 gallon bucket. I took 4 small spring clamps that I had laying around from last year and used them to clamp filter material on the top of the bucket. Use […]
