Crew member Ana writes: Getting this long awaited dispatch was no easy feat; the only way to get my brain into work mode was with a hard deadline. Our sugar season could use a hard deadline as well. But as Lew says, “We will be waiting with bated breath.” I found an old interview that… Read More
That pie is so good it needs a tariff
Maple-glazed ham, scalloped potatoes, spring greens from Long Winter Farm, and, hmmm, what about dessert for Easter dinner? Maple Trout Lilli writes with a suggestion: SISTER’S SALTED MAPLE PIE This recipe has been adapted from Sister Pie, a cookbook from a bakery of the same name in Detroit. It’s a bit fussy, but totally worth… Read More
Count the Pails
For a while, the pail resting here on the plank stores sap for brewing coffee with.This pail, or bucket, hangs from a maple tree named Maggie. Sap drips into it; it holds sap.This other pail is for collecting sap from the bucket and lugging it to the sap tank. A green hose for rinsing sap… Read More
The Week in Review
Chief of Operation writes: Notes from a couple of memorable days of sugaring during the final week of March. March 27/28 8pm, getting colder and the day’s sap run starting to peter out. 10pm, temp fallen to 28°, sap lines mostly frozen with hardly a trickle running into the extractor vessel. Today’s collection will go… Read More
The Post-It Wall
Chief of Operations writes: —LC BONUS submission from Chops:
