There's lots of activity around our house these days. Here are a couple of taps. The view is down over the riverbank, so that's the frozen river below and the opposite riverbank as well.
This was what I found when I came home from work this morning. Activity, already. And children, willingly out of bed and dressed and doing things. At 7:30 in the morning!!! What is it about maple syrup time that gets them going so well, LOL?
Closer inspection revealed Poppa getting the bricks built up to seal the heat in for the hottest cooking fire...
...And K2 stacking his pile of kindling that he's been working on collecting...
...And using his new hatchet to chop bigger sticks down to useable size.
...And using his new hatchet to chop bigger sticks down to useable size.
Tada, things are off to a rolling boil! The sap is flowing like crazy...last report was 40 gallons of sap collected, and he hadn't checked all of his taps (some have bigger collection containers so he doesn't check them as often)
In other news, the going rate for pine cones collected from the yard is a penny a piece. K2 picked up 119 of them today, for which I paid him and then gave them to Poppa to burn. We have a super-abundant crop and he barely made a dent in the mess!
In other news, the going rate for pine cones collected from the yard is a penny a piece. K2 picked up 119 of them today, for which I paid him and then gave them to Poppa to burn. We have a super-abundant crop and he barely made a dent in the mess!
3 comments:
I love maple syrup season at your place! I always enjoy seeing the pictures of all the activity surrounding the collection and boiling of the sap. Thanks for including us in the process!
How neat!! I've never even tasted pure maple syrup. I'm inspired to find some and try it now. ~Karen
Karen, you've definitely gotta try the real thing! It tastes so different from the icky artificial store stuff but once you're on to it, you won't want the fake any more!
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