November Journal

Chinese Buffets= 9 in 7 days.

Peace=If you did that much now your probably up to at least Latrine cleaner now/That means your able to tackle on about any task. Does that sound ok??? :D

Peacemaker- Your a serious producer. What you talkin about? Ive seen your pics your operation is sweet. Im the amateur, Ive only got one season on me. Theron

Based on this survey I will soon be put back to Jr. Maple Hobbist.:) Will I get some sort of official notice from Kim?
You guys have way to much time on your hands!

The third annual Bears vs the Beekeeper event is over! Bears in Erie and Crawford have been warned and the hives are safe for another year.
I did see three Ruffed grouse today which surprised me. The turkeys have wiped out most of their food sources. Walking was tough but the sleeping was great.

Chris

Chris- Were you guys able to give any of the bears payback for messing up your hives? Andy- You guys are picking on me wanting to put all these buckets out. We had a family meeting today and we elected mommy head filter press girl and Booy and Brother are getting their own two way radios for when their gatherin. Everything covered. Might have to do nice things for them though. Talk of mini bikes, snowmobiles, motorized this motorized that, sick days from school, time off of sunday school. I dont know where they get this stuff. Theron

Andy- Ive done pretty good so far. Ive gotten them a little minibike and an old snowmobile and they have had a lot of fun with them. If they want something nice though theyll have to earn it. I like that about the syrup stuff. If they want to make money I can keep them busy. Teach them the value of a dollar. Theron

Ill probly have to help them a little. I doubt I can do 2000 anyway. Ill probly end up doing most of the work. I dont think its going to be hard though. I dont think we are going to be carrying any sap. I have a trick up my sleeve. Theron

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Originally Posted by Thompson's Tree Farm

My Dad has been the chief sugar maker here for a long time. He can remember "helping" when he was 3. When he was 21 they went from flat pans to an evaporator and he took over the boiling. His uncle said he was too old to learn to boil on "that thing". He is now 87 and still looks forward to the sugaring season. He still will watch the evaporator when I have to step out for a few minutes but prefers not to fire or to draw syrup. It still helps out a lot and it is a great reward to watch his enjoyment of the whole thing. Couple weeks ago he made my day by telling me how My Grandpa would have liked to see what I'm doing with the woods.
Doug

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That got me to thinking, the part about grandpa. My dad died in 2003 at the age of 91. When he was a teenager he and my grandfather planted a small orchard of sugar maples on an elevated bank of a large creek (about 30 ft drop and steep enough that I would need to hold onto trees to navigate. Unfortunately most of the trees got bulldozed out when a new road and bridge was added, and all of that property was taken by the state. Only about enough trees remain for about 20 taps. I am sure the state did not fairly compensate grandpa for his loss of future maple production. He actually never made any syrup because just about the time the trees were getting big enough to tap the land was taken. Dad told me at one time that there were about 50 trees planted originally.

Found more taps for you theron.

Snoop- You got me thinking and your right/probably shouldn't help the opponent=Should i re-neg on the next shipment of supplies headed south/especially if he has already got the $ in the mail to me for them?=That could be put towards our operation-Team Sap 2011.

Sorry about that brother.