Finished Sugaring-29 2/3 Barrels

Harvey pulled the plug last night. Great season, full crop.

Easter Boil

Symon Loves Maple Syrup

Symon loves maple syrup video!

Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014

Harvey started boiling at 2:00 p.m. yesterday and ended at 7:00 p.m.

73 gallons of A-Dark, but the taste was B.

25 degrees this morning, warming to the 60's today.

Harvey has a full tank of sap this morning.

Sap Ran All Night

Harvey has 2 full tanks this morning and will boil today.

We thought we were going to get a freeze last night, but the lowest it got was around 36 degrees.

Raining here this morning.

He made 60 gallons yesterday.

Boiling Today

After 2 nights of freezing temperatures, it warmed up enough today for the sap to flow.

Harvey started boiling at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon.

Started out Grade B then changed to A-Dark.

The sugar house is filling up with barrels of syrup.

17 Degrees, 6" New Snow

What a change from Monday with a high of 80 degrees.

Pouring rain all day yesterday, flooding every where.

Harvey made 52 gallons of Grade B yesterday. We have 22 barrels now.

Too cold to run today.

Horrible Weather

80 degrees yesterday, today 40 degrees and pouring rain with county wide flooding.

Tonight 30 degrees and has turned to snow, 3-6" predicted this evening for the mountain areas...that is us.

Harvey boiled again today. Making Grade B.

I heard today that some Enosburg sugarmakers have 0 percent sugar content in the sap or have very slimy sap and are dumping their sap on the ground.

Suppose to be 22 degrees tonight, we haven't had a freeze in quite a few days, this could create another boiling day.

21Barrels

It has been kind of busy around here. The sap has been running almost non stop. Harvey is on barrel number 21.

I made maple cream yesterday for the first time. Very tricky, but I did it and it is yummy.

The temperature today was in the 80's. Suppose to rain tonight.

Symon has become our official taste tester this maple season.

And I took a moment to sit on the bank of the pond.

Syrup Update

Harvey made 53 gallons of A-Dark yesterday.

He started boiling today at noon with 1 1/2 tanks of sap. He finished boiling at 4:00 p.m. and still had 1 1/2 tanks of sap...great run today.

He made 58 gallons of A-Dark this afternoon.

He is headed back to the sugarhouse to clean the pans and either boil tonight or first thing in the morning.

Rain predicted for tonight, so sap might run all night.

We have 8 barrels as of today.

Sap Running

I walked the sugar woods with Harvey to check for leaks in the sap lines this afternoon. Temperature in the sun 62 degrees and tons of snow.We had some limbs down on a few lines from the high winds Friday night and Saturday morning

Sap is running real good right now and Harvey has 1 full tank of sap. He is starting the RO and will begin boiling around 4:00 p.m.

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48 Gallons of A-Dark Yesterday

We have a total of 5 barrels.

Fresh Maple Rag Muffins for Supper

Oh My!

 Symon is licking syrup from one of our barrels. Good to the last drop!

Craig & Jeremiah Bergeron helped Harvey can syrup today.

 Tess is the size of 1 gallon of maple syrup.

John Cluba visited the sugarhouse on Sunday.

48 Gallons of A-Dark

Harvey got home at 9:00 p.m. Sap still running a bit. Pouring rain, high winds, 34 degrees tonight, we are hoping the sugar woods stays standing tonight.

Full tank of sap this morning and running. No more wind this morning, Harvey will be checking the woods today for down trees or sap lines.

35 degrees and snowing this morning.

Harvey will boil later this evening.

Boiling Tonight

Harvey said the sap started running at 10:00 this morning and we are having a great run. He started boiling this afternoon. 40 degrees and raining tonight.

April 4

20 degrees last night, high of 39 degrees predicted for today with a chance of rain. Perfect sugaring weather.

April 3

Another great run! Harvey boiled last night, home at 9:00 p.m. 38 gallons of A-Dark.

Sap Ran All Night

Harvey has 1 tank full of sap this morning. 40 degrees this morning. Harvey boiled this afternoon...51 gallons A-Dark. Sap sugar content 2%.

Boiling Today, April 1

24 degrees last night, high of 45 degrees today. Sap started running late this afternoon and Harvey is boiling tonight. 15 Gallons of A-Dark. Sap sugar content 1.9%.