Oh my gosh!. This is hard to believe. wow. Well I guess we all come to this point. I figure you'll be traveling. All the best. The last couple of years have been tough. We still pretty much hang...
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Oh my gosh!. This is hard to believe. wow. Well I guess we all come to this point. I figure you'll be traveling. All the best. The last couple of years have been tough. We still pretty much hang...
Sadly the time has come that Ron isn't able to tap anymore. His health issues have made this pretty impossible. He reads Tge Maple News that I get for him each year. Watches his Kindle and I show him...
We used Trojan lead batteries on our off grid farm. Lasted 10 yrs.
Trying to reseed the area. People walking by have said how sorry they are. It was in really bad shape. The other 2 big maple have been trimmed but will eventually need to come down. The silver maple...
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Well after a very long wait, the Greenworks pole saw arrived. Ron went right at it. No little trimming. Right to a big overhanging branch. A huge pile for the village crew on Monday. I created a...
Waiting on a Greenworks pole saw. Have been switching to battery powered tools for the past few years. Going to see how this works to clean up limbs we can reach. Will post later...
When we had our farm, we bought the first batch of these from a supplier we know. They clean them in an ultra sonic cleaner. I just bought Ron several for his birthday.
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The beetles had gotten to it and then woodpeckers and it was old. Looks like the other 2 will have to go later. Roots grew into gas lines, sewer and water.. Fates of village trees....
A sad goodbye. Rotten down to the bottom. Goodbye old maple.. You were a good tree
Well, the winter and time has taken it's toll. The sugar maple that has been dying has been officially declared a hazzard. It will come down in the next week or 2. The huge silver maple near the...
Ron's 75th birthdat today. Got him the stainless steel Infinety spiles and gift cert. To True Value. He "misplaced" the original ones when we moved.
Ron pulled the buckets. Weather has been so strange. Now a cold wind with high winds. Tonightvsnow. Trees budding. Ended with 8 pints of an amber. 9 taps. Gave him something to do. Hope my flowers...
We would like to try this. Do you have a parts list?
Ron has been doing good with 9 taps. Trees are dripping right along. Has been boiling in a.m. then then lunchcand taking a break. Afternoon boils. Has just over 50 gallons. A long way from when we...
Had to run to hardware store yesterday. An Ace hadware. They carry basic tapping supplies. A woman next to me had a couple buckets and spiles. I asked her if she wanted any advice. She was happy to...
Great day here. 5:30 p.m. and 52 degrees. Ron has boiled twice today. Buckets will be full by moring. Looks like only a couple of cold enough nights. Will see what happens. Snow all gone on sputh...
Thanks Dave. Always love to read your in deprh comments. You do a great job
Oh that's a good one. I needed that. A dark day here. Rain right down the road. Snow pretty much gone. Ron's collected about 33 gallons. He's going back out to his sugar shack(garage)to boil. Unlike...
Ron did good for a couple days. His 3 trees did well for a bit. Now stopped. Snow gone from front yard. Real high winds last night. He's made 2 qts. So far. It'23 right now. Winds dying down....
How's the sap running Herb!?. Don't see any posts from you. Ron has been boiling. Keeping him busy. Hope all is well
Ron had a few good days even through the cold. Snow is gone from around trees. Good sputh facing front yard. So cold thpugh. Frozen up since last Friday. Ran a bit on 1 tree yesterday. Bitter cold...
Ron boiled for a few days. Temps. dropped so low and light snow showers, high winds. Got to make a run to True Value to refill propane tank. Looks good later on in week...snow slowly going down
Ron collected 7 1/2 gallons of sap from our front yard trees. He's had 2 days of boiling. So glad he's got something to do right now. Just misplaced his candy thermometer. Tearing everything apart...