Been out of commission myself for several years, but this is my first year back at it by doing sugaring with my fifth graders. They're loving it! NH Ag in the Classroom has been great. A handful of us teachers across the Granite State have connected and are sharing tips and resources.
I had them learn how to ID a maple in the winter, measure DBH and then estimate diameter, record GPS coordinates to map our sugarbush, and we're measuring and graphing every quart of sap collected. We're also graphing daily highs and lows.
Grateful for a bunch of donations to get this going; particularly Home Depot for food-safe 5-gal buckets and a local propane company that's setting up temporary bulk tank service for us!
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2009: 11 buckets, cinderblocks and food service pan
2010: 25 buckets
2011: 67 gravity to sugarhouse
2012: 170 caged tanks
2013: 275 bringing back some buckets for aesthetics
2014: 300 gravity and buckets
2019: 35 buckets at elementary school, flat pan on propane
11x30 shack in the woods: no power/water, only snowmobile or snowshoes 'til March.
2.5x8 Leader arch, Grimm English tin drop flue/cross-flow syrup pan