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Tapping 2018 Season

Maple Sugaring – 2018 Season

  We started our 2018 Maple Season this past Thursday by installing 40 taps and setting up or hobby sized vacuum pump on the West side of our Sugar Bush.  As of 8 AM this morning we have 30 gallons of sap in the tank! We have a busy day ahead of us this morning […]

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Maple Tubing Tool

The Start of the 2015 Sugaring Season

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 […]

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Sugaring 2014 – First Taps of the Season

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 […]

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