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Sugaring 2013 – Boarding & Bricking Part 1

Call me crazy, but I could have sworn the forecast for today was for some left over drizzle early in the morning followed by clearing and warm temperatures, like mid 40’s, with Sunday possibly reaching 50F… Well, as always in New England, the weather did what it wanted to do and not what I wanted it […]

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Sugaring 2013 – More Supplies

The 2013 Bascom’s Maple catalog came in this evenings mail, too bad I just picked up my supplies this past weekend. I am afraid to open it up for fear I may find something else I like… With the additional trees we are tapping this year I hope to be bottling some quart sized glass […]

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Sugaring 2013 – The New Evaporator

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 […]

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