Casbohm Maple and Honey 2020 and beyond......

[Sugarmaker]

Four generations of our family. I am the old fart if you didnt know!


Maple season is almost here! I know I am not on here much, well not as much as 10 years ago. Anyway things keep moving along.
I had a reason to hang up some tubing today. So my friend Gerry came out and we visited, solved all the worlds problems, and hung up short run gravity tubing for 400 taps. About 2/3 of my sugarbush. The main reason was to get the tubing out of storage to provide some room for the electrician (Grandson) to complete rough wiring in the shop.
We are really only a month away from our typical sugaring season anyway, so its just getting a little jump on things. And being a year older I dont move as fast as I used to either! I also pulled out my sap tank for the truck and have it in clean mode.
The shop has pretty much consumed mass quantities of time and funds this year. With the help of my two sons Eric and Adam we were able to get it dried in this fall.
Some shots to bring you up to date:




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Its the shed in the center:


Sugarhouse is to the left:


Adding some color:


New underground service to the campus:


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Jib crane boom gets installed:


Foam (2 inch) under concrete:


Jim(father&son) assisting in laying down the half mile of PEX tubing for radiant heat system:




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43 yards of concrete. 5 inches thick with mesh on top of the tubing:


Signature:


Gutters:


Hemlock siding:


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A prototype area for siding. Goal was to come close to sugarhouse color:




Overhead doors!


Drainage for all downspouts:


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Our first snow this winter:




Building interior walls and stairs to loft:


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Jib crane hoist:





Thanks for checking in on me! As normal a lot picture heavy!
Regards,
Chris

[heus]

Chris the building looks awesome. You should have used Persian Orange siding, though.

[Skeller001]

Looks awesome. Someday I need to do a road trip to visit

[Sugarmaker]

Thanks Guys on the shop! Will be working on it for a while.
Back to Maple:
I have all my tubing strung for the 2021 season. I also trimmed the roadside sugarbush to get some of the brush trimmed down around the big maples.
We had 25 degrees last night and the water in the sugarhouse was frozen this morning. Had to use a little heater to thaw the pipes out.
I am trying to get the kitchen insulated too. Using R-Tech, 2 inch foam insulation board, on the ceiling.
Thinking of going with some 4 foot LED lights to replace the 8 foot florescent which are 20 years old. Suggestions? Whats in your sugarhouse?
Regards,
Chris