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Well its Vendredi so the weekends coming up. Hopeing this is the last weekend of wood hauling. I already have more then enough for the next year plus piled in they yard and there is another 5 or more full cords in the woods piled up still. trying to get it all out this year as I cut it down last summer and it needs to be used up but she who has to be obeyed is tireing out on me now also. She piled all of the last 12 cords as I am in school all day now and I can't pile wood worth a darn also.
This school gets in the way of a lot of things as I need to get over to D&G someday and check them out also. At least they do maple all year long the other dealers only think of it in the spring.
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Ken what is Vendredi??
Are you talking some forgein lang!!!! Thats right you are up north.
DaveY its great to hear that you got the go ahead with your new sugarshack. You now got to remember that BIG BROTHER is always watching. I can understand about getting permits and having inspections for dewlings but sheds and out buildings? I think that is just plan stupid. I guess they just want to keep tabs on us so that they can sock us with more taxes!!
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Dennis, thank you for your empathy. But I say screw big brother and all of his informants. I feel one can not live far enough off the dirt road. I often wonder why the heck did I ever move to town. Even if the arent many people living in it.
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our building inspector is a personal friend of mine, so I usually don't have any problems the rule in our town is if it costs more than $1000 you need a permit!!!
So this year I put $3000+ into a Shed/sugar house had to get the permit and when I make it bigger next year I am sure it won't cost more than $1000!!!!!;)
got 750ft of mainline wire in today...that parts really not that fun!!! kicked my but a little that 9 gauge kicks your but and wraps around every branch stump stick what ever 1 little loop and you have to walk all the way back to find what its caught on. and you really have to go through some stuff you otherwise try to avoid in the woods, swamp, brush, what ever, but that length is in. only about another 500 ft to go. The slope is not measured yet but I have to get stronger hooks went to tighten itup and bent the hooks. add it to the list!!!
going to get some barrels...waiting for some more stuff from bascoms and the maple guys a few more little thngs...the "things to get for sugaring list " is finally getting smaller.
oh those in south eastern NH I know there's not to many on here that I know of, is there a place to get fire bricks around here. or do I have to make the trip to bacoms...I went to the one woodstove store in seabrook and almost fell over when the guy had split bricks for $4.00 each:o
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This is my first post you guys are getting me excited to get going on my retubing project. Today finished taking down old tubing on east side of the woods tomorrow take down old main line then start thinning operation going to set-up more main lines this time for shorter laterals about 800 taps on this side of woods guess better get going before snow gets too deep:rolleyes:
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Guys do not feel bad I cannot even build a doghouse without a permit and yes I live in the country as well. Red Maples I got my firebrick from a concrete and gravel place. They had skids of the stuff and I paid 98 cents apeice for them. Look in the yellow pages.
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Well here in Pumpkin Village the wood shed is full and we have electric without extension cords. Been cleaning out the woods around the sugarhouse. The wife wants to know if I'm moving out? I told her only in March and April. The boys have enjoyed the loft in the sugarhouse and have had Dad out there several weekends sleeping on a wood floor. Need a bigger mattress. About 4 foot thick would be fine.
We're looking for a few aluminum buckets and may increase up to about 200.
Thats about all I want on my 2 x 5 1/2 Algiers evaporator. My sisters are all for increasing the number of buckets but about March they disappear and reappear the end of April.
We've made plenty of blackberry jam and the apple trees look good so it looks like a good year for apple sauce. Of course Maple still rules the roost here.
Take care and have a great fall!!
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Well it's the wekend and I am home and need to finish up hauling wood I hope. I have plenty this year and hopefully have a little to keep back for next year again. Then a guys not so puched when it comes to bad weather and such.
Found a good patch of blackberrys here also and made a batch of apple blackberry jam last night. We have lots of apples but the trees with the good ones are to high to pick. I have one apple tree has to be 59 feet tall as it was surrounded with cedars and just grew over them for light.
I needed some posts this week so it gave me a exscuse to thin around a couple more maples again. If I had a whole project I could get finished with the all the maples.
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3rd gen, I did look in the phone book but no one around here has anything. maybe manchester, nh I think there is a big national chain out there they might have some!! still looking. I am cleaning some of the old brick that came with the evap they were only 2 years old and most are in good shape with a little cement on them that arecleaning up pretty good. but there are some cracked and broken ones and do you remember off the top of you head how many bricks you needed for your phaneuf, thats what I got how do you like it?
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I've got to get going on my electrical up grade and addition to make room for my RO. Won't be long before frost becomes a factor.
Seems like it was just hotter than heck and now the temps have been in the low 40s in the am for me
Good to hear from pumkin Village again
Keith
