november journal

Gonna try to finish the r.o. room up today! Got insulation and some Mr. foamey :)

Holy Mapletrader withdrawal yesterday! I almost didn't make it!

You said it Mapleack, The wife was laughing yesterday because every time I get on the computer the 1st thing I do is check the Trader, Crap still down!!:(

But I am OK now Trader is back up!:)

I was sufferring bad myself. Was happy to finally see it online this morning. Finally got my pm's working again to. feels good to be back.

Maple Trader is back!!!!!
Lapiree made some changes in the seasonal spout from last year. they made the part that goes into the tubing longer and added a barb to it. Thats going to be fun to take apart come spring. now I have everything to put up my tubing. I just need to make a tubing tool. I have all the parts for it but need to weld one up.

great day to be in the woods...

in tubing mode today- adding taps and reconfiguring some mainline to pick up some more taps. Adding reds also. Basically converting a gravity feed set-up to a vac. system. Tried out the new lapierre super saddles and I like them so far. see how they do under vac.

also dropped off 6 kegs at welder to get 2" stainless collars put on. Hoping for big sap to make some big syrup...fill them kegs up with another type of amber gold...

back in the woods on Saturday to hopefully finish re-working Putney Rd.

getting ready....

Now that fishing season is done. I spent the day framing and getting a 12 x 12 slab poured. My goal is to have a sugar shack up before the snow falls.

Archery is over and nothing but a doe.....The last day of the seaason my girlfriend was begging me to help her work with our 2 year old paint horse and I felt a little guilty about how much I had been hunting so I figured what the heck hadn't seen anything the past couple of nights so I helped with the $#@! horse and half way through the session I see a deer walking across the upper field I run inside the house, grab the spotting scope and sure enough it was the big 8 point I had on my trail cam( One of 4 shooter bucks I got on it)....I almost cried when I saw that. Owell I guess thats hunting. I did get to go turkey hunting with my best friend who is home on leave from Iraq.

Maple related, the slab for my 20 by 20 shack will be poured this saturday and with thanksgiving break starting this coming tuesday I am hoping to have a sugar house by the start of december. Lost a nice old maple this summer to a bad storm, atleast there will be lots of firewood. Can't wait to be in the new sugar shack with the new evap this spring, as an added bonus I'll be 21 in March finally!!!!!

test fired the rig. just a small fire in it didnt stoke it to much just wanted to cure the refracory cement. heres some pictures. this thing really boils. :)

forgot one.