Northwoods Maple Farm

[Maple Man 85]

If you don't have the stack covers yet garbage cans work as a temp fix... Got the stacks cut through today and are almost ready for a test boil. The blue lighting isn't mood lighting it's a bug light IMG_1904.jpgIMG_1905.jpgIMG_0002.jpg

[MISugarDaddy]

Sounds like you got the outside work done just in time. Winter is about to arrive!!! REALLY NICE JOB. You and your wife are going to like that setup.
Gary

[Maple Man 85]

Thanks Gary, it was a very busy week and we're grateful it all came together. We had the USDA out Monday, Tuesday morning I got a call from the state to get our kitchen certified commercial and we frantically scrambled until 1:30am this morning for our inspection at 8am. Good news is we weren't dinged on anything and are now certified!

[MISugarDaddy]

Congratulations, that's really great news!!! Now you can relax a little I am sure. I know it is nice to get inspections like that out of the way. Good luck getting the finishing touches on the sugarhouse. Now you can spend some time in the woods before the snow gets too deep.
Gary

[Maple Man 85]

Congratulations, that's really great news!!! Now you can relax a little I am sure. I know it is nice to get inspections like that out of the way. Good luck getting the finishing touches on the sugarhouse. Now you can spend some time in the woods before the snow gets too deep.
Gary

A bit of R&R is much needed, my brother is on his way back to WI for the gun deer season/Thanksgiving so we're spending some time catching up. My wife is covering a vendor show this Saturday and we have 3 other events in December. While she's focusing on the events I'll be putting in drops and saddles. By the end of January we'll be ready to tap. We've found that being prepared is priceless and the season goes so much smoother.

[southfork]

Very nice looking project Maple Man 85, I hope you have a good year.

[Maple Man 85]

Got the steam stacks installed today, was told the covers were on a truck on their way from Vermont!IMG_1911.jpgIMG_1912.jpg

[Maple Man 85]

We have a friend that's a pilot and he took us up for aerial photos of our woods and sugarhouse. I got to fly on the return (minus the landing)!!! . You see the pump houses but the line don't up in pictures.DSC_0004.jpgDSC_0008.jpgDSC_0012.jpgDSC_0016.jpg

[MISugarDaddy]

Very cool aerial pictures. You have a very nice looking place. Probably the only way to get pictures of the lines in the woods would be with a drone. Are you tapping the woods across the road from your place? If so, it looks like a nice wood lot to be tapping. Is it fairly level? You have come a long way this year, congratulations on your work, you and your wife should be very proud!
Gary

[Maple Man 85]

Very cool aerial pictures. You have a very nice looking place. Probably the only way to get pictures of the lines in the woods would be with a drone. Are you tapping the woods across the road from your place? If so, it looks like a nice wood lot to be tapping. Is it fairly level? You have come a long way this year, congratulations on your work, you and your wife should be very proud!
Gary

The woods across is ours, and it is very level it took a great deal of work to ensure everything flowed down hill. We also had it select cut last winter which made running line easier. My friend is very capable of flying 100 feet above tree tops but being that it was my wife's and daughters first time in a plane we didn't want to make them too nervous.