Maple Syrup and other stuff
If you look down 2 posts you can see pictures of our Maple Syrup system. Folks claim it looks like we are making moonshine. Eh Eh. I boiled 3-5, 8,9 and 10. On the 9th one of the blocks holding up the pans broke and I lost 90 gallons of sap and was done for the day, so I have really boiled 3 times. We have gotten 9 gal 1 qt so far. It rained Thursday through Sunday. I do not have covers for the buckets and the temperature stayed warm and the sap was not flowing so I did not hang the buckets. I rehung on Monday morning. I went back today and only had about 15 gallons of sap. The sap is not flowing and has a greenish cast to it so the syrup from it will be dark and have a strong taste. If I do not do better tomorrow we will be done for the year. It was a great day to be back in the woods. The wild flowers are starting to peak through and I saw a small (14 inch or so) Garter Snake.
I spent most of today trimming fruit trees. I like to keep the trees trimmed so you can pick the fruit without a ladder.
Here you see some of the trees with all the trimmed branches underneath them.
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