DRIP DRIP DRIP

For the next few weeks I'll be spending a lot of time down in the sugar bush. I have a realitivly small but manageable maple syrup operation. Maybe a half a dozen families in the area are taping trees and only one has set up individual lines to each tree for collection purposes.

The rest of us are using tree spiles or spigots but even copper tubing works well.

Last nights collecting was most enjoyable. 15 deer in the hay field running in circles like crazy for more than a half hour. They've apparently got spring fever too. Followed by a canadin goose fly over as a dozen geese came off our neighbors pond. It's early so I only collected about 20 gallons of sap. I will boil that down to just under 2 quarts of syrup.