Saturday was a work day. Gathering wood and boiling sap down. Jim Goldy 3, Jace and Josh all stopped by to keep Ace, Maxine and I company and sip a little sap. By the time I put in the last of the sap around 8:00 pm Saturday night I had over 30 gallons in my 15 gallon pan.
What a beautiful weekend for a few visitors down in the sugar bush
Once Susie put out the word that she was making snacks for Sunday, Jace, Jim and Mike made it back down
Ann and the Girls came over from across the river to make plans with Susie for their next East coast adventure and Jen and James stopped by on their way to Andrew to snack on some of Susie's sugar twists.
Jace kept things prim and proper as he sipped a backwoods cocktail. Hard cider, ginger beer, bourbon and of course a splash of maple syrup.
Mary and Clayton were down for their spring elixir.
This batch couldn't have worked out any better.
We finished it up down in the timber. Low and slow.
By Monday, Susie had thing all bottled up. All in all just over a gallon of fresh syrup.
Things have changed a bit since the weekend. No school on Monday and a late start today. After a couple inches of snow and Ice... Hopefully this little blast of cold will get the sap running for next weekend.
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