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    Here in Montgomery County just above the Mohawk River in Fort Plain,it's again snowing.Ron's remaining bucket has about a gallon of frozen sap. He's going to keep it there until the last day. Snow is coming down hard enough to coat the trees and yard. He's been working on the snow blower(waiting on a gasket) after 18 years it was in rough shape. Then put that away and get the rider mower in shape. Waiting on the apple trees I ordered for his 72nd birthday. They should be here next Friday. Then I'm getting a couple of peach trees. The idea is to make this little village lot into a mini orchard,raised bed vegetable garden and more shrubs(Arbor Day Foundation sending those soon),a small pond for the (wish I could have chickens)rabbits,skunks,whatever. Pretending to be back at the farm...sigh... The cold weather has kept me in all winter. No woodstove here. Made another batch of maple nuts yesterday. Everyone loves those. Ok,now snowing so hard the corn field across the road can't be seen. Everyone take care.It's a Kindle day for meIMG_20180406_124207.jpgIMG_20180406_124207.jpgIMG_20180406_124207.jpg

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    It's snowing here too, pretty hard right now. I was going down this afternoon to put up a mainline that got broken when the anchor tree was blown over and the tree hit the sugarhouse (it's now cleaned up) but the wind is up around 40 MPH, not a good day to work in the woods, I'll do it tomorrow. A week from today will be my last for the season, then cleanup and get ready for my surgery.
    Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
    Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
    Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
    After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by highlandcattle View Post
    The idea is to make this little village lot into a mini orchard,raised bed vegetable garden
    Snowing here today too! No sap likely for another two or three days. Everything is frozen solid.

    I noticed you mentioned raised vegetable gardens are in your future for your new property. I'd like to heartily recommend livestock troughs or galvanized frames for your raised beds. I put in two last year and was blown away by how wonderful they are. I purchased them through our local TSC store. This year I am installing additional beds - likely another six of them - except these ones don't have bottoms so are easier to level. The ones that I currently have are 8'x3'x3'. I really like the ones that are three feet high, because I am tall and enjoy working at waist-height. I grew so many vegetables in my beds last year that I was giving them to everyone I knew.

    For some spring-time inspiration, watch this fellow's video. He uses the same technique that I do to create these amazing raised gardens. I can totally recommend these type of garden beds if you want to be blown away with how easy gardening can be when you aren't constantly bending over!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O2qCQU7Cac

    This is a photo of my two troughs in early July. By the end of the growing season they were so full of vegetables it was crazy.

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    ~ Karen ~

    2012 - 10 taps, 1 turkey fryer - 169.5L sap 4.2 L syrup
    2013 - 23 taps, 2 turkey fryers - 748.5 L sap 17.56 L syrup

    2014 - 22 taps, 509 L sap 12.5 L syrup
    2015 - 28 taps, 1093.75 L sap 25.1 L syrup
    2016 - 25 taps, 1223.5 L sap 28.25 L syrup
    2017 - 21 taps, 518.5 L sap 12.7 L syrup
    2018 - 28 taps, 2 turkey fryers & Denali 3 burner propane stove - 798L sap 16.9 L syrup
    2019 - 28 taps, 1409.5L sap 40.12L syrup

    Sugar, Norway, Manitoba, Silver and Freeman Maples



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    We're going to put it to good use, tommorow is the family's sugar on snow celebration. Its been quite a few years since we had fresh snow. Got to make another batch of donuts, the first of 4 didn't survive.
    Matt Durrell
    2012 - 12 Taps hand me down 2x2 and made a barrel stove
    2014 - 20 Taps 8x10 timber-frame shack
    2015 - 25 Taps
    2016 - 28 Taps new 110 acres
    2017 - 12 Taps january, 55 Taps spring and 15 Taps fall, same ol 2x2
    2018 - Helping another sugarmaker 5000 Taps, 57 at home

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