hey all...usually I close this out at the end of the season...but this year is going to be a little different...

we are in the beginning stages of a major expansion here..first..new sugar house...or to be exact..taking over the big barn...theold sugar shack will become the new wood shed...that is going to be a long project and will update through the summer...

in the sugar bush...last year we had about 400 taps..on gravity or buckets/ bags...
In the last 2 weeks i have locked up 2 new sugarbushes...
the one adjoining our farm looks to up our tap count to roughly 1000-1200..and will also give me around 250 gray birches to tap...
so running all new tubing on vacuum that will dump about 150' from the shack...yay..no more chasing buckets all over town...well..for the most part anyways...
the second bush is about 5 miles from us..looks to be about 350-500 taps...will be on vacuum as well...
looks like it is going to be a long spring and early summer running tubing...

in the3 sugar shack..a new evap is in the works...hoping for a 2x8 or 2.5x10 super flu setup...that is the ideal..however, one never knows when a deal you just cant refuse pops up....

we are also shopping for a ro machine...again..budget...will have to se what we find and can afford...

well, enough for now..this should be a fun and busy off season..i would love to be able to open the doors to the public right after thanksgiving...

bless all...