The 2015 season started out with snow and lots of it! We spent the better part of two weekends unburying and re-working our existing 5/16” lateral lines in preparation for our new 1/2” main line and vacuum system. We ran approximately 250’ of 1/2” main line from our driveway to a 35 gallon collection tank […]
Prior to running this years syrup (2014) I figured I would run what I had left over of last years (2013) syrup though Daryl Sheets Filter Press. I probably had a little more than a gallon of syrup that I had real issues filtering last year. Some of the frustration I now know was finishing […]
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 […]
