December Journal

went out in the woods this morning, my ankle kept me out in the afternoon. Cleaned up my forth alamo pump and started making a reclaimer this afternoon. Things are starting to come together for next year.

Well Still no snow thats staying on the ground.. But anyways have been working in the new bush on mapping out where the lifter lines going to go, Should have it all mapped out by the weekend if the weathers good. hope everone is doing good


Nate Casey

Took 2 days off of work to try and get a bunch of things done, and it looks like I am getting closer to the end.:rolleyes:

Any way I also got out this morning to get a little xmas shopping done, I think I have that all done now.

I finished the firebrick grates for the evap today, I had to get a new masonary hammer drill bit to finish it off.
I now have all the lat's in on my tubing setup, now I have to put in the saddles and the drops and I will be complete with the tubing.
Before I can put the drops in I have to 1st make the tool to hold the lat' while I cut it and insert the dropline. OOOH, AAAH, making stuff.
I got the milk tank all hooked up, now I do not have to bucket any sap I hope. I have a small electric pump to pull out of the milk tank to my evap feed tank and I also have a line that runs down to the driveway so I can empty the tank that I use to carry sap back to the sugarshack.

Go Time is getting closer, for me right around 2 months!!!:o

batten down the hatches..go to the store buy 8 gallons of milk 2000 D batteries as much bread as you can fit in the truck and don't forget bottled water!!!! were gonna get it 3-6 inches snow here tonight!!!! bla bla bla:lol:


SO I went and got some MORE tarps today and cover up stuff..this time of year my wife calls me the tarp man!!! everything is blue, silver and brown before its all white!!!!:D

got the tractor all ready with snow blower hate that thing back is always a little sore after hooking that up. driveway markers in, everything covered, a new snow shovel...destoyed the one last year sooooo much snow. got the x-mas tree too. OK off to the Exeter chrismas parade see ya!!!

I just kept buying bigger snow shovels the more it snowed. Got tired of walking back and firth shoveling my driveway. It 300 feet long.
Finally got working a bit on the evaporator. Have a idea what I am building so far but it might change as time runs out.

Hi all,
I think the nice weather of late is gone south!!!!
Been snowing all afternoon, 3" on the ground.
Looks like a cold and snowy forecast for the week ahead.

Dave

Just starting to snow a little here near Fulton. Wife was talking to a friend in NYC earlier, and it's snowing hard there.

I talked to my boss earlier this week about using the company's heavy duty UD dump truck to haul sap next spring. Sounds like a go as long as we don't need it much there. I could completely empty the woods tank(1600 gal.) in one trip, not towing trailer, and tip it up for emptying! How sweet is that! Especially since I may need to empty it two times (or more) a day on a good run.

Tim

about 2 inches here so far!!!!

Busy week quick review:
Monday morning both of the grandsons got bucks behind the house. Nic got a 8 point with a 10 inch spread at 8:00 and Mike got a 4 point with a 6 inch spread at 11:00. They were about 155 lb. live weight. Both deer are almost completely processed. I am dehydrating the jerky for Mike tonight.

Drove to Connecticut for work on Wed and was home by Friday night.

Today I had three does come in and bed within 60 yards of the tree stand, within a hour a really nice buck came in within 20 yards and I just could not get brow tines to grow on this deer:) It had a 18 in spread and I would have bet it was a eight till it got right up to me. Glad I did not get excited. Also 2 does came by at 4:45. All in all a very busy week.

Lots of folks looking for maple:( to bad I am all out.

Regards,
Chris

I took a walk up the hill last night in search of deer. Spent most the walk counting maple again. A man would go nuts tubbing that hill it's all up hill when your walking down, and down hill when walking up!!! If you have ever walked a Wayne county drumlin you know what I mean. The best part would run the wrong way for me to get to it easy. Some day that is going to pose a problem. But not for some time as I only have time for what I have now. Drive you crazy looking at them big maple that won't have a tap in them (this year any way). I find it hard to beleave the number of woods around me that have never been tapped. This county is all hills and hard maple. I mean a lot of them. I know 4-5 peaple that make any amount of syrup hear and thats it! Wounder why it hasn't taken hold around here??? Waiting for the sun to come up. I have to deside if I am hunting, cutting meat or cutting wood this morning. One heck of A light show this morning. Looks like a car went of the road and caught fire. There shure where a lot of lights down there. They had it lite up like day time. That went on for an hour and they were gone in a flash. Well by the time it get done feeding it will be time to choose one of the options above. I have to keep in mind I still have to work today. Going to be a long time to 12:00 am again today.