SUNDAY NITE AT THE MOVIES: Christian T. (woods crew 2015, 2016) sends along his take on the tapping beat. https://vimeo.com/207681940 SUNDAY CAPTION CORNER/MYSTERY PHOTO: What does this photo bring to mind? Or, what is it? [HINT: This photo was taken in the sugarhouse.]
March, Round One
WEATHER Saturday 3/11 Walking to the mailbox, my eye sockets ache in the winter wind, the thin snow squeaks underfoot, the woods shrink back from the road. WEATHER Wednesday 3/8 Standing by the sap shed, steam rises from a snowbank, the picnic table lies bare, my boot squishes one inch into the mud, ravens call… Read More
Hill Report: Gold for the Soul
Here is a dispatch from Joe Renish who joined the woods crew this season: Hill Report: Clomp, clomp, swoosh. Clomp, clomp, swoosh. The slog up from the sugarhouse is arduous as the snowfall accumulation this winter has been nothing short of bountiful. A few precise strides give way to a snowshoe-devouring collapse of the… Read More
Maple Trout Lilli’s Latte
Our celebrated Food Correspondent Maple Trout Lilli is back in town. She writes: WARMING MORNING MAPLE LATTE I came across this heavenly potion on the internet as a coffee/tea alternative and I’m hooked. Morning, afternoon or evening, this somewhat spicy potion will not disappoint. Just add hot water to the following fine ingredients and you won’t be… Read More
Sunday Caption Corner
WHAT WE GOT TO TALKING ABOUT IN THE SUGARHOUSE: On Thursday, Becca and I stood on the back side of the pans peering through the steam at the lineup of syrup samples on the light box. We fill one bottle at the end of each boiling day. No two daily bottles are precisely identical. When… Read More
February, Round Two
WEATHER: Last Saturday night, February 26, it finally froze up after a week of continual sap flow. The cold carried on through Sunday night. On Monday the next thaw began and persisted until 7:00am Thursday when the temp plummeted from 32 to 18 in a couple of hours. Today, Friday, and the weekend are predicted… Read More
Sugarmaker Trump
Chief of Operations writes: Sugarmaker Trump?? 2/18/17 I am exiting our sugarbush after a twelve-hour day of tapping. The snow I’m treading on has morphed from pristine powder this morning to mashed potatoes as warmer weather has burst on the scene. Except for the small patch of light from my headlamp, I am enveloped by hushed… Read More
Sapshine
Dear Reader, A symptom of these harried times is that I thought for sure I had published a blog post yesterday but this morning discovered it was still in the draft folder. Yesterday has vanished like the snow. I’ll start a fresh post. There is a flood warning for today through Sunday evening, prompted by… Read More
Strong Thaw
WEATHER: Looking back, it’s rather a blur. The sunny, mild stretch triggered a weekend sap run, then the mercury dipped enough to freeze the hoses running from here to there. Yesterday not much thawed out since the temp hovered just above freezing. Today is different; at noon it is nearly 50… Read More
Sap’s Running
Here is the long-awaited official confirmation: Sugar Season 2017 at Nebraska Knoll Sugar Farm, Stowe, Vermont began on Saturday, February 18th. What does this mean, sugar season began? It means the maple sap began to flow from the earth up through the roots into the trunk defying gravity up up up to the lacy twigs… Read More
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