Author Archives: billcarpenter4

Greenhouse

Things have been busy and the weather has been odd lately, so I was way behind on my gardening and even further behind on my blogging.  So after a month long hiatus, I am ready to catch up with this years gardening attempt, which happens to be our 3rd attempt.  This year, is the year […]

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Syrup 8.0 – The End of the Season

The end of the sap season came for our sugarbush on March 12th. The weather last week and two weeks ago has been unseasonably warm and without the cold nights to go along with the warm days the sap flow stopped. The stop was so sudden it was amazing. We went from getting 10 gallons […]

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Syrup 7.0

Well after getting dumped on with over a foot of snow and a day of cold in the teens, we have now gone to the other weather extreme hitting 60.2 degrees here today. The snow pack is starting to melt, and the sap is flowing. Collected 8.5 gallons between last Sunday and Monday. Tuesday was […]

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