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 […]
Well the photo above kind of sums up this past week of sugaring! Nothing has ran since last Sunday February 23rd, 2014. We have been in the freezing tundra of New Hampshire or caught in some kind of polar vortex. Despite the last couple years of unpredictable warm-ups, it is looking like this year will […]
Well we got started on our maple sugaring season yesterday, with 40+ degree weather yesterday, it was time to get the taps in. Thankfully I had lots of energetic help. The boys rounded up the buckets and helped blaze trails through the snowpack! On our way to tap the first tree with the kids, notice […]
