What's Sappening at the Sugar Shack 3/12/2014

We got sap...and a lot of it!! Around 38 gallons were collected today, which means there's enough to boil!

 Soaked from the rain while collecting sap.

Weather was cold and it's now freezing rain, so we just did a test run and are boiling the rest down over the next few days of nicer weather.
My Dad and I in the sugar shack boiling for the first time!

and then an old photo of my grandfather boiling syrup with a small setup back in the day! The trees in this photo are so big today that we are able to have each one tapped in two spots.

My Dad testing the syrup

Pretty cool process! We're bottling syrup this weekend and are preparing for the next run! :)