Checking what VT sugar makers are doing

[blissville maples]

Started tapping today. Been in the woods for two days pulling lines out of the snow after the last snow storm. Pump house is done, all I have to do now is finish the "old" woods and I'll be ready to go.

Was thinking this myself!! And agree with Westford, I started working for myself an incorporated business at 22 years old- had 5 guys working for me at one point until I smartened up!! now at 36 I have run a second business for the last 7 years of maple sugaring have three kids on a 3500 square foot house on 13 acres.... I will say I grew up different than most do these days I came from a poor family and we only had we work for, I lived with uncles and grandmother to make ends meet. At one point our toilet was 5 gallon buckets because we couldn't afford to fix the backed up sewer system that nobody ever pumped out, my mother went to college got a nursing degree and it all changed from there and that's how I learned if you want something you better start now.... I also grew up around a lot of alcoholics and I don't drink it all, so sometimes hardships build character and wisdom I believe..

On another note as far as using Lake water to rinse the RO out I don't know if that's such a good idea since the amount of bacteria in that water could be substantially higher than groundwater. At least this is what I've heard.

Vacations over everybody starting Sunday Monday spring is here!! Get ready