Sugar Season

[tirolski]

Ya gotta thank the maple trees too.

 

[jasonwx]

Everyone bitches about how expensive top-shelf syrup is; however, visit a place or person who make it and you realise the amount of work that's involved.

100%
I have no problem paying
It is one time consuming laborious process

 

[MarzNC]

Everyone bitches about how expensive top-shelf syrup is; however, visit a place or person who make it and you realise the amount of work that's involved.

Or spend a few days in the woods helping to tap trees or gather buckets. North Country School has all the kids help out, assuming the sap runs when they are around. A few older kids get to help do the boiling in the sugar house. Everyone gets to help stack wood. I learned a lot there.

 

[Campgottagopee]

Everyone bitches about how expensive top-shelf syrup is; however, visit a place or person who make it and you realise the amount of work that's involved.

My buddy, #14, is now fully automated. When he first started it was tons of work, now we sit around, drink beers, and toss in a few chunks of wood every now and then.
I'll grab a few pics this weekend.

 

[D.B. Cooper]

I've done stove top sugaring and once helped a neighbor. The neighbor had a stove like Riptiz's inside a small shed. That was relaxing. The sweet smell of sap, warmth of the stove and calming bubbling sounds. I think you have to think of it as almost planning to take a nap.

 

[gorgonzola]

 

[Ripitz]

RIP Hudson Valley Legend.

 

[tirolski]

The Valley Reporter - Sugar makers say sap production is up from last year

maple production up from last year.

www.valleyreporter.com

 

[tirolski]

World’s Largest Pancake

02/15/2018 by Julie Cummins Pancakes! Yum! Who doesn’t love them with melted butter and maple syrup sliding over the sides? Pancakes are so popular that there is a National Pancake Day, a chain restaurant that

www.lifeinthefingerlakes.com

 

[Ripitz]

A few sweet pics from friends.

2x4 Phaneuf in Keene, NY

2x4 Homemade. Salvaged steam table over a 275 gallon home heating oil tank. Fishkill, NY.