We finished up our first batch of syrup this week. I canned one and a half gallons and put about a pint into our open bottle in the refrigerator. Continue reading Finishing our first batch of maple syrup →

We had our first run of sap over the last couple of days. The weather turned colder on Saturday but with just two days we collected about 25 gallons of sap which should yield about half a gallon after our final run Continue reading First run of the cinder block arch →

Had a free day and made the best of it. We still had a couple of trees to tap, wanted to try out our new stove and do a little snowshoeing Continue reading Tapping Maple Trees & a little snowshoeing →

Getting ready for maple syrup season. Step one was putting up the firewood pile. The next step was building a arch. So this weekend we built a cinder block maple syrup arch. Continue reading Built our Cinder Block Maple Syrup Arch →