Tuesday March 19, 2019

Everything we thought it would be tonight. 495 gallons + 30 to be exact!

The woods was still and quiet tonight, quite a change from the last few weeks.

Thanks to all who helped tonight again...Evan, Kelsey , Bret and Melissa got a jump start on the gathering joined by Bryan, Nancy, Chris, Phil, Aiden, Kiley and eventually Gerri. Dale provided chauffeur service again tonight.  Bob was out on an errand so Adam got the boiler going while the crew made 3 trips/dumps tonight. 




Kiley's inquiring mind wanted to know what the dog was dragging around.....a deer leg bone that has been laying in the woods all season. 






Word has it that we will need to pull the soft maple taps tomorrow if we gather. They are done according to those who tasted and smelled! These trees are normally the first to run and they are typically very short in duration. 

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Signs you might have spent too much time in the sugar camp in the last week.........

Bob asked if today was monday or tuesday?!

You have no clean clothes, the only ones you know where they are for sure are carharts/boots .

While cleaning up the food we realized that Melissa's crock pot is at Gerri's, the base is in the camp and the lid is at the farm house. Guys cleaned up by themselves last night. 

You are still laughing at Katie's stuck upside down behind the dryer story..even if you heard it before...can still make you cry. 

If you overhear Brad explaining to Adam why it goes a little faster when you make a fire under the evaporator and not beside it. 


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We had reubens, veggies and miscellaneous left overs for dinner tonight. Discussed raising bees and berries and hay tonight...diversification plans. 


Phil helped to put up a new light in the camp....Brad said we need this because Bret and Gerri cannot read the thermometer...the problem is the interpretation not the visual....anyway the new light is lovely, we can land a plane with it when we r done using it in the camp. 

Less than peppy 7th inning players.

Left about 180 gallons of sap not boiled tonight due to fatigue. 

Total sap Today: 495 + 30 gallons
Total sap To Date: 4,855 + 163 gallons
Total syrup Today: 7.5 gallons
Total syrup Today: 100.5 gallons