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Month: April 2015

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Posted onApril 30, 2015CategoriesVermont Maple Season 2015, Vermont Maple Sugaring 2015TagsBeech leavesLeave a comment

Duking It Out

Chief of Operations writes:                                                               Duking It Out Summer and winter, the opposing seasons, cycle through their rhythm of dominance and remission. Spring and fall… Read More

Posted onApril 27, 2015April 28, 2015CategoriesVermont Maple Season 2015, Vermont Maple Sugaring 2015, Vermont Maple Syrup 2015Leave a comment

Nepali Cuisine in Morrisville

Since Nepal is in the news due to the devastating earthquake, I want you local readers to know that  the greatest find of the year is a Nepali take-out food counter tucked away inside a gas station (Riverbend Market) on Bridge St. in Morrisville, just across from the Bijou. I think the sign on the… Read More

Posted onApril 26, 2015April 26, 2015CategoriesUncategorized1 Comment

This Weather, That Recipe

A Late April Morning Weather Report Snow this morning. Will it linger? A spring of change, The full range, not So strange for here. But the sun steers on course: cheers of praise for the day’s light, for days of light. May’s within sight. The temp never broke 33 degrees here today. Word has it… Read More

Posted onApril 24, 2015April 24, 2015CategoriesVermont Maple Recipes, Vermont Maple Season 20152 Comments

On to Birch Season

Bucky, an old friend, called from Glover to discuss a pump. His maple season is over, too, so he’s tapping his white birch trees! It’s birch syrup season. It’s beyond me how anyone can manage two syrup seasons back to back, but Bucky is quite excited about it. I have not researched birch syrup production, but… Read More

Posted onApril 22, 2015April 22, 2015CategoriesVermont Maple Sugaring 2015, Vermont Maple Syrup 20152 Comments

The OK Scale

                                             I -Throw down a case each of gallons, quarts, and pints. -Nnnkay. -Time for a stoke. -‘Kay. -Raise that float up to thirteen. -Nnkay. -Switch the plugs over in the back pan. -‘Kay.… Read More

Posted onApril 19, 2015April 19, 2015CategoriesVermont Maple Season 2015, Vermont Maple Sugaring 20154 Comments

Taking the Trip by Foot

Neighbor and guest blogger Laurie Best Silva writes: Typical conversation at the Silva home before heading up to the Sugarhouse: Why don’t you just “hop in?” (the car) Because.. I don’t want to “hop in.” Because I want to walk up. (Because I need to walk up. Because it gives me a moment to transition… Read More

Posted onApril 17, 2015April 17, 2015CategoriesVermont Maple Sugaring 2015, Vermont Maple Syrup 20152 Comments

Martians and Oranges

Weather, as recorded in the sugarhouse log book: 4/14: Low last night upper 40’s, high today upper 50’s. Partly sunny with cumulus clouds, colder breeze, feels like colder weather moving in.  Sap Sweetness 1.7 4/15: Another tease freeze, down to 28 without shutting the run off – must be warmer up higher. Another cooler sunny… Read More

Posted onApril 15, 2015CategoriesVermont Maple Season 2015, Vermont Maple Sugaring 20151 Comment

Marathon, Day Seven

Weather: Today felt like a good day to plant the garden. Yesterday hit 55 degrees in the shade, today 66. A pseudo-frost occurred both last night and the night before, with the temp at the house dropping to 29, but the sap never stopped running and we think it was warmer higher up. In summary (summery),… Read More

Posted onApril 13, 2015CategoriesVermont Maple Sugaring 2015, Vermont Maple Syrup 20156 Comments

That Aroma

Since the last post, the crew has been working. This is it. Now. The crew is working right now. What keeps us going? That aroma.                     P.S. You can hear Falls Brook now from quite a distance, mezzo forte.    

Posted onApril 11, 2015April 11, 2015CategoriesVermont Maple Season 2015, Vermont Maple Sugaring 2015Leave a comment

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