Tag Archives: Sugaring

Sugaring 2013 – Boarding & Bricking Part 2

The last post left off with me completing the installation of the arch board in my new Mason Evaporator.  After mocking up some brick layout below it was time to cut!  As with the arch board I started from the front and bottom and worked my way to the top and back.  The fire brick […]

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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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