We came home early from south Texas to make sure we were able to make some wonderful maple syrup. The trees started flowing last week! It has been way too cold for them to get going but now they are producing. We are still getting cool weather, so expect to get a few more gallons of sap before the season is over.
Here is Eric in early March tapping the trees:
Can you see the drop of sap at the end of the spout?
frozen sap:
We had a visitor wanting to make syrup. It was Justin’s first time up North, he was a very good student and a very good worker! in fact the best we ever had.
He learned how to drill, hang buckets/attach tubes, collect, boil off outside, finish inside and even cut wood!
We made our first batch this morning (April 8). 51 gal of sap made 11 pints of syrup!
Since we only do this every other year or so, we like to make at least 4 gallons of syrup. we still have a bit to go…. hopefully the next two weeks will be kind to us.
We did have a bit of fun too! sauna time was needed!
a bit of sage smudge to bring us all luck and rid ourselves of evil!
and finally dinner at Pine Ridge:
