My First Boil

[CitySlicker]

hi guys - i thought some of you might enjoy my writeup of my first boildown.

http://fridayinvegas.blogspot.com/2010/03/project-maple.html

the post has pics and video - of our low-tech cinder block evaporator (Although we did add a nice little folding door and a flue pipe - and we're making more door improvements this week)

keep in mind that I lived in New York City for 10 years before moving to NH a few months ago!

[Ausable]

Nice going -- Same problem here in March - Start off walking around on snow and ice and end up in muddy ooze - the boards make sense to me. Glad your maple syrup came out nice on your first try.. Mike

[matrob]

Cityslicker,
Very nice blog about your first syruping. Hadn't heard of the bacon trick for foam. I use a very small amount of butter. It's amazing how little it takes, and usually one or two applications will do for a few hundred gallons of sap. We have no sap to speak of, as the weather turned warm too fast. But we share the mud. Keep enjoying your new place.

[MapleME]

City- congrats!! As a fellow city slicker turned MaineAH, you will enjoy the country and all of the offerings it has beyond syrup. Thankfully syrup is a finite season, so you can then move on to hunting, fishing, hiking, kayaking, skiing......and the list goes on.

Welcome to new england! If you get up to Portland, give a jingle!