Start of our homemade reverse osmosis (RO) system
An RO system is exactly like a water filtering system. You know the ones that that filter out the impurities and leave you with wonderfully pure drinking water? Except sugarmakers…
Best Sap Day Yet
Not sure why but Sunday was the best day yet for sap … we have been averaging about 4 gallons a day. Today we collected between 7.5 and 8 gallons!…
2nd Boil
Second boil is underway we are hopping that we get the same amount of syrup as last time.
First Syrup
Our first boil generated 2.75 l of Syrup! It is amazing how different the flavour is compared to the store bought varieties of maple syrup.
First Seeding of the Year
Did the First Seeding of the year. A mix of vegetables and flowers for our gardens. The thinned out lettuce will be used in our hydroponics garden.
First Boil of the Year
This year I created a solar filtering system using a pump to move the syrup. The first boil is for 10 gallons of sap. After a number of hours we…
The Sap is Running
It’s that time of year and the sap is running. This year we tapped 9 trees and with the first week being done we have collected almost 10 gallons (40…