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toffee pudding2020-05-10T13:39:52+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2020/04/28/corona-guilt/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_6055.jpgIMG_6055What have we here? https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_6056.jpgIMG_6056https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_6051.jpgIMG_6051What's wrong with this picture?https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/p1020634.jpgP1020634Mother Nature gets out her box of crayons. Note the tree sprouting behind the scarlet cups.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/p1020636.jpgP1020636Spring green.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/p1020643.jpgP1020643https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/p1020647.jpgP1020647LC self-portrait.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/p1020655.jpgP1020655interesting2020-04-29T01:27:20+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2020/04/21/the-forest-meets-the-sugarhouse/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/p1020605.jpgP1020605One such dense thicket.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_0094-1.jpgIMG_0094 (1)The Jug Handle.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dscn4079.jpgDSCN4079Peek-a-boohttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-neckers.jpgThe Neckershttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020302.jpgP1020302https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020128.jpgP1020128Beech barkhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020136.jpgP1020136Beech barkhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn4937.jpg2020-05-08T13:44:15+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2020/03/28/endless-run/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/endless-run-1.jpgEndless Run (1)2020-04-02T04:08:31+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2020/03/25/hill-report-the-hunt-for-racing-sap-bubbles/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dscn4387.jpgDSCN4387https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1000859.jpgP1000859https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_0230.jpgIMG_0230Distracted by some tree fungus.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_0241.jpgIMG_0241A tree has fallen across a tap line, requiring the line to be cut and spliced. the first step is to set the red wooden blocks to keep the tubing from recoiling when cut.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_0244-1.jpgIMG_0244 (1)Spot the leak!2020-04-06T04:11:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2020/03/22/lets-bake-a-cake/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_5509-1.jpgIMG_5509 (1)cake2020-04-11T23:56:49+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2020/03/19/the-wood-wide-web/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020497.jpgP1020497Flavoring maple sap with maple leaves.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020424.jpgP1020424Which way? The turkeys aren't sure.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020385.jpgP1020385The snow is going fast.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020508.jpgP1020508Glacial water? No, sap.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020516.jpgP1020516Preview of late season: a moth in the sap tank.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020518.jpgP1020518Sugarhouses are for children.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1000767.jpgP1000767https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1080854.jpgP10808542020-03-22T00:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2020/03/14/maple-trout-lillis-thai-curry-soup/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3931-1.jpgIMG_3931https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3931.jpgIMG_3931https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_3930.jpgIMG_39302020-03-15T03:28:17+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2020/03/14/a-gusher-run-on-friday-the-13th/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/unnamed.jpgunnamedhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020339.jpgP1020339Hardwood? Softwood? Hard to tell.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020299.jpgP1020299https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020192.jpgP1020192Christian of "C&C". The other half of the Friday night crew.2020-03-15T01:13:45+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2020/03/08/daght-or-nigay/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020334.jpgP1020334We'd be lost without the former crew who show up for evening boils.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020364.jpgP1020364https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020237.jpgP1020237https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020241.jpgP1020241The look of winter just a week ago.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020253.jpgP1020253https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020258.jpgP1020258At times we appear to have all our ducks in a row.2020-03-11T21:27:53+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2020/03/01/right-away/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/carly.jpgCarlyWelcome back for the day, Carly.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020141.jpgP1020141MYSTERY PHOTO: This is white ash. In sections of the sugarbush there are as many ash trees as sugar maples.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020152.jpgP1020152 The goal of this acrobatic training is to jerk the 440-lb. drum of syrup onto the dollie in order to cart it away. Ellie on her first day is game, but, alas, the task is not for featherweights.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020167.jpgP1020167And this is what the fuss is all about.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020187.jpgP1020187Carly models the proper uniform for working the evening shift.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020171.jpgP1020171https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020221.jpgP1020221After Thursday's snowfall.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p1020223.jpgP1020223After Thursday's snowfall.2020-03-09T02:32:19+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2020/02/22/its-2020-the-same-only-different/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/p1020130.jpgP1020130 JJJJJJJJJJhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/p1020129.jpgP1020129https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/p1020101-1.jpgP1020101https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/p1020102-1.jpgP1020102The scurry to get tapped in time morphed into a scurry to check and repair lines. It was easy snowshoeing the day this photo was taken. Trudging through wet snow during the thaw demanded a sturdy will.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/p1020105-1.jpgP1020105Tap tap tap of the hammer until the pitch changes.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/p1020099.jpgP1020099https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/p1020075.jpgP1020075Chief of Operations self-portrait.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/p1020068.jpgP1020068Most tapping days this February were monochomatic.2020-03-02T03:52:21+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/05/19/things-furling-and-unfurling/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/p1010240.jpgP1010240One week of "Work Camp" was devoted to putting the pans to bed. Here's Hannah B. in the firebox cleaning out the last of the wood ashes.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/p1010246.jpgP1010246There's no end to the items that need scouring.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/p1010248.jpgP1010248https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn2635.jpgDSCN2635https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn4079.jpgDSCN4079In Memoriam: Peek-a-boo. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn0042.jpgDSCN0042We're blessed with plenty of water, and we use lots for cleanup. Here is Falls Brook at the height of spring runoff. 2019-05-20T20:27:53+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/05/09/throwback-thursday-recipe/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_3197.jpgIMG_3197https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fullsizerender-1.jpgFullSizeRender (1)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1050471.jpgP1050471What's for supper? Potato Leek Soup.2019-05-10T12:07:59+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/04/20/scraping-across-centuries/2019-04-24T12:39:31+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/04/18/april-18th-wrapping-up/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010223.jpgP1010223https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010229.jpgP1010229Part of the water cycle.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010194.jpgP1010194A sure sign of the end: Moths in the sap tanks.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010187.jpgP1010187Another sign of changing seasons.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010176.jpgP1010176https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010178.jpgP1010178Here's a channel dug during the heat wave to divert urgent runoff from flooding the house basement.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010183.jpgP1010183Word has it that these lambs excel at finding the weak sections of fencing.2019-04-19T14:17:20+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/04/13/april-13th-all-thaw-news/2025-05-12T11:39:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/04/10/maple-whiskey-pudding-cake-oh-my-is-it-good/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_3144-1.jpgIMG_3144These pudding cakes are worth another view. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_3144.jpgIMG_3144https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_3146.jpgIMG_3146MTL stopped by the sugarhouse with two of these for the four of us to split. I ate my half of a pudding cake first, and lucky for me it was the larger half.2019-04-12T12:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/04/08/april-8th-update/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/turtle.jpegTurtlehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010152.jpgP1010152It's all work...https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010156.jpgP1010156The Anderson sisters: Metzihttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010171.jpgP1010171The Anderson sisters: Robynhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2024-1.jpgIMG_2024 (1)2019-04-10T15:13:37+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/04/09/april-9th-hill-report/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010124.jpgP1010124https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_2306.jpgIMG_2306Ross taking a lunch break on a very pleasant tapping day two months ago.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_2298.jpgIMG_2298https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-hillbillies-2.jpgThe Hillbillies 22019-04-16T22:50:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/04/04/a-good-sap-run-at-last/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010123.jpgP1010123Educating the palates of the youngsters.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010114.jpgP1010114For those of you familiar with the leaky flue that "healed" every night after a boil (when the sap in the flue drained out to below the level of the leak), here is evidence of remedial surgery. A rivet was leaking. The fix is this new bolt with the copper sheathing. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010097.jpgP1010097Float box arthttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010036.jpgP1010036The Nebraska Knoll style of moving 40-gallon syrup drums out of the sugarhouse.2019-04-06T01:15:37+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/04/02/pail-by-pail-stoke-by-stoke/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_0928.jpgIMG_0928Ross's mystery lunch. The best guess was from Jan Reynolds: Cheesecake and cabbage.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_1093.jpgIMG_1093https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010049.jpgP1010049https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010069.jpgP1010069A fueled-up Kelly fueling the arch. He's the first to kneel on the job.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_1091.jpgIMG_1091WHAT FUELS THE WOODS CREW? Kelly's "over the rainbow" lunch.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_1092-1.jpgIMG_1092WHAT FUELS THE WOODS CREW? Kelly, like the other guys, eat "over the rainbow" lunches. Disgustingy healthy.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010061.jpgP1010061On Friday, to bless the filter pump, Sam and Audrey held a smudging ceremony. Balsam twigs in a sap bucket provided the smoke.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p1010065.jpgP1010065On Friday, Sam and Audrey held a smudging ceremony over the filter press. Balsam twigs smoldering in the sap bucket provided the smoke.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p1010052.jpgP1010052After. A classic sign that it's sugar season. Like using a traditional clock with hands and not noticing the moment when the hour changes, no one the moment of avalanche although many of us were close by.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_0053.jpgIMG_00532019-04-03T01:12:51+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/03/26/the-art-of-the-draw/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ana.jpgAnaAnahttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/audrey.jpgAudreyAudreyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/becca.jpgBeccaBeccahttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/emma.jpgEmmaEmmahttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gabriela.jpgGabrielaGabrielahttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/jake.jpgJakeJakehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ross.jpgRossRoss2019-03-31T03:34:55+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/03/22/preparing-for-open-house/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_0936.jpgIMG_0936https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_0896.jpgIMG_0896https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_0928.jpgIMG_0928NEW BLOG FEATURE: WHAT FUELS THE WOODS CREW? Take a guess at what Ross had for lunch.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p1000920.jpgP1000920On Wednesday we stirred sugar (Maple Snow). This photo shows the sugar at ca. Stage Eight in the process. Unfortunately the photographer missed the Intergalactic Stage and the Molten Lava Stage.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p1000916.jpgP1000916Too much snow means fewer parking spots. Mike Day and his backhoe pushed back the banks on Wednesday.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p1000940.jpgP1000940Our new boiler Sam checks the density of the syrup in the finish trough on Thursday.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p1000927.jpgP1000927 A study in repose.2019-03-26T13:25:39+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/03/17/maple-oat-ice-cream-sandwich-cookies/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_3110.jpgIMG_3110https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_3109.jpgIMG_31092019-03-18T22:57:06+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/03/16/sweetening-the-pans/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p1000911.jpgP10009112019-03-18T14:46:58+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/03/11/its-making-us-wait/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p1000880.jpgP1000880On Saturday the March sun streamed onto Sam Puddicombe who shoveled paths every which way. This one accesses The Altar, home to our large sap tanks.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p1000887.jpgP1000887The Muck Boot repair, using a stitch awl. One brand is called the Stitch-All. I looked forward to buying a new pair of muck boots, which I use for dress-up as well as sugaring, but Chief of Operations offered to patch them.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_0958.jpgIMG_0958Ross's awl is similar. The thread is thick and wax-coated. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ml-repair-1.jpgML Repair 1https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ml-repair-2.jpgML Repair 2https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ml-repair-3.jpgML Repair 3https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ml-repair-4.jpgML Repair 4https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1000780.jpgP1000780https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1000782.jpgP1000782Boot Repair. Ross goes for red.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1000784.jpgP1000784Pack repair2019-03-12T00:28:39+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/03/06/maple-trout-lilli-bakes-salmon-for-dinner/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_3080.jpgIMG_30802019-03-06T21:32:20+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/02/27/no-sap-run-this-february/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_0929.jpgIMG_0929Sap line tubing monster. Photo: RShttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_4793.jpegIMG_4793Clairmonde writes: https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p2180032-1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p2170017.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p2190051.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERANebraska Knoll syrup goes high (11,850'). Opa's Hut. Photo: SPhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8dabe8a263fb4390913b4922363ee5b1.jpg8DABE8A263FB4390913B4922363EE5B1Rene writes: https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_2302.jpgIMG_2302Ross takes a lunch break, allowing a string of skiers to catch up with him. Photo: JRhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_2317.jpgIMG_2317Main line work. Behind the chain saw is the stump of the tree that fell over the line. Due to the ferocious winds lately, there could many more trees down. The crew hasn't checked yet.2019-02-28T04:09:44+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/02/21/a-short-walk-in-the-old-bush/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_2307.jpgIMG_2307A happy place. The blog editor breaks trail high above the Old Bush. Photo: Jan Reynolds.2019-03-11T03:22:30+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/02/17/the-bears-message-board/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1000817.jpgP1000817https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_0017.jpgIMG_0017https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_0908.jpgIMG_0908Bears' message boardhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_0903-1.jpgIMG_0903Taking the bite.2019-02-19T17:58:17+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/02/28/at-full-throttle/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p10707731.jpgP1070773Irrepressible Ana2019-02-14T00:12:19+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/05/07/sunday-buds-and-maple-as-leader/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/maple-bud-2.jpgSugar maple buds before they pop. Painting by Ana Lucia Fernandez2019-02-14T00:12:03+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/05/15/monday-buds/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/lined.jpgLinedAn earlier stage of unfurling. Painting by Ana Lucia Fernandez.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170513_0002_new.jpgIMG_20170513_0002_NEWAn earlier stage of unfurling. Painting by Ana Lucia Fernandez.2019-02-14T00:11:21+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/05/03/ephemerals-fest/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn2994.jpgDSCN2994Yellow violets. There are white ones too.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1050545.jpgP1050545Cleanup of the little tools. Observe this photo for 15 seconds, leave to get a glass of water in the kitchen, then close your eyes and name 8 items on the table.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1050513.jpgP1050513https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn5648.jpgDSCN5648https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn5581.jpgDSCN5581A red trillium stunted by the 2019-02-14T00:11:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/05/15/salade-de-printemps/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/photo-2-3.jpgphoto 2 (3)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/photo-3-2.jpgphoto 3 (2)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/photo-1-2.jpgphoto 1 (2)2019-02-14T00:10:51+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/09/14/newfoundland-post-script/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/black-fruited-stink-moss-2.jpgBlack-Fruited Stink Moss 2WEST. Red. Black-fruited stink mosshttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dscn0923.jpgDSCN0923EAST. White. Labrador tea https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dscn4952.jpgDSCN49522019-02-14T00:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/03/26/intermission-is-over/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/the-foreman-1.jpegThe Foreman (1)If you refer to the Sugarbush Map on the blog header, you will note The Foreman along the upper left-of-center border. The Foreman supervises the trees in populous Penn Station. Painting by Ana Lucia Fernandezhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080424.jpgP1080424Creepy crawlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080429.jpgP1080429Atop the clotheslinehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080449.jpgP1080449Last week's small run of sap froze solid in the tanks. Here is Cy, our new crew member, de-icing. He has no comment on the season.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080436.jpgP1080436Ross and Ana stir Indian sugar the day before Open House, which was a flaming success due to sunny days and enough sap to boil. I bought 700 craft sticks for sugar-on-snow and ran out.2019-02-13T23:57:32+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/04/08/the-life-of-kraus/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-life-of-kraus-page-6.jpgThe Life of Kraus Page 6https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-life-of-kraus-page-5.jpgThe Life of Kraus Page 5https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-life-of-kraus6.jpgThe Life of Kraus6https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-life-of-kraus5.jpgThe Life of Kraus5https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-life-of-kraus4.jpgThe Life of Kraus4https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-life-of-kraus31.jpgThe Life of Kraus3https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-life-of-kraus22.jpgThe Life of Kraus2https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-life-of-kraus1.jpgThe Life of Kraus12019-02-13T23:57:11+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/03/07/slowly-to-exhale-away/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080261.jpgP1080261Moment in the sun: Ana Luciahttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080247.jpgP1080247https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080207.jpgP1080207Around the corner of the arch from where Ross was stoking.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080178.jpgP1080178Cruella de vilhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p10708431.jpgP1070843Quality control team: Ana and Ross (tapping gold-medal winner) check syrup density.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p10800061.jpgP1080006Audrey2019-02-13T23:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/03/31/nothing-but-smoke-and-steam/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080558.jpgP1080558https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080560.jpgP1080560Same tubing, different camera setting.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080589.jpgP1080589Ross back at the factory.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2770.jpgIMG_2770Gathering sap in Craftsbury. TS photohttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2777.jpgIMG_2777Sugarhouse in Craftsbury. TS photohttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2764.jpgIMG_2764Sugarhouse in Craftsbury. Photo Credit: Tom Silve2019-02-13T23:56:55+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/04/11/this-magnificent-tree-fred-rogers-and-dr-seuss/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/maple.jpgmapleCarly and the magnificent tree.2019-02-13T23:56:37+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/04/03/iskigamigee-giizis/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2673.jpgIMG_2673March 31 was the full Sap Moon, not to be confused with the Maple Sugar Moon which lasts all of April. Photo: Sue Nichollshttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sugar-moon.jpgSugar MoonPainting by Ana Lucia Fernandezhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_1292-2.jpgIMG_1292 2Not Alaska but similar. Svalbard on the vernal equinox. Photo: M McG2019-02-13T23:56:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/04/16/no-buds-no-sap/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/unnamed.pngunnamedhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1090050.jpgP1090050https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1090057.jpgP1090057We did boil on Saturday, boiling sap drizzles collected over a few days. Ana dressed up for work, then covered her finery with an Eddie Bean jacket (with its 28 pockets).2019-02-13T23:56:18+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/04/21/get-going-and-then-end/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2906.jpgIMG_2906Stopped by John Moffatt Sugarhouse in Craftsbury. He has around 40 buckets. He used to have 6000 buckets and 4 draft horses. Buckets have been running really well the last couple days.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mystery-print.jpgMystery PrintSince there are six toes when there should only be five, the best guess is that this raccoon precisely overlayed one track with another, left foot over right.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2904.jpgIMG_2904https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-hillbillies-1.jpgThe Hillbillies 1These brothers live alone out in the hicks (at the top a brushy climb up from Penn Station). Drawing: Ana Lucia Fernandez2019-02-13T23:56:07+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/03/03/super-hero-muffins/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_3450-1.jpgIMG_3450 (1)njnknknknkhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_3451-1.jpgIMG_3451 (1)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/photo-1-3.jpgphoto 1 (3)These muffins are MOIST, comfortingly spicy, and impossible to eat slowly. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080011.jpgP1080011https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/photo-3-3.jpgphoto 3 (3)2019-02-13T23:55:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/03/20/vernal-equinox-kindlings/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080376.jpgP1080376WEATHER: Already this two-day-old photo looks dated. Today's Vernal Equinox sun shrunk-wrapped the snow on the picnic table. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080408.jpgP1080408The pumphouse and sap shed.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/unnamed-1.pngunnamed-1Sugaring thrives in northwestern MA. Photo credit: Elyse Moore.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/unnamed-2.pngunnamed-2This sugarbush appears to be a solid stand of maples, unlike Nebraska Knoll's. I'd guess that the sap from these trees is less than half as sweet as the sap from the elder in the first photo. Credit: Elyse Moorehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/unnamed.pngunnamedThis august maple in Shelburne, MA must be older than our country. Imagine the stories. Photo by Elyse Moore.2019-02-13T23:55:25+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/03/19/eye-gap-and-crucial/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-18-at-8-58-36-pm.pngScreen Shot 2018-03-18 at 8.58.36 PMHow many inches are there at the stake? If you run into a skier friend and run out of small talk, just ask this question and you're good for another five minutes. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/429896_3162794080169_308983304_n.jpg429896_3162794080169_308983304_nThese vital trees border a cemetery in Morrisville. Photo by Sue Nicholls.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/unnamed.jpgunnamed2019-02-13T23:55:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/02/26/let-the-games-begin/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1070751.jpgP1070751Scouring the tanks with snow is a Nebraska Knoll set-up tradition dating back to before we had electricity, water pumps, and a hose.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1070747.jpgP1070747The nastiest surprise that day was uncovering a mouse nest inside the shop vac. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1070741.jpgP1070741Ana, returning for her second year, chisels ice from the walkway on Set Up Day last Tuesday. 2019-02-13T23:54:52+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/03/28/shades-of-possibility/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080520.jpgP1080520Shades of hallucinationhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080508.jpgP1080508Sap in the upper sap shedhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1080535.jpgP1080535https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p1070835.jpgP1070835Joan Baezhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn49601.jpgDSCN49602019-02-13T23:54:27+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/04/06/it-would-only-be-a-day/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p10807021.jpgP1080702Avalanche!https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_0652.jpgIMG_0652One wall of the RO room.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1050240.jpgP1050240Anahttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscn4416.jpgDSCN4416Well-seasoned tapper Carlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscn5092.jpgDSCN5092Soon....."Pail!"https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscn6178.jpgDSCN6178Sap hydrometerhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscn6590.jpgDSCN6590Pre-heaterhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscn7906.jpghttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sugaring-14.jpgSugaring - 14https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/diatoms.jpegDiatomsDiatoms2019-02-13T23:54:21+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/04/25/fini/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1090091.jpgP1090091https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1090078.jpgP1090078https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-kingpin-1.jpgThe Kingpin (1)2019-02-13T23:54:09+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/04/18/root-drought-and-the-power-of-suggestion/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/root-drought-1.jpgRoot Drought (1)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/unnamed-2.jpgunnamed-2https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/unnamed-1.jpgunnamed-1https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/unnamed.jpgunnamed2019-02-13T23:53:59+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/04/10/global-energy-cookies/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2508.jpgIMG_2508https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2509.jpgIMG_2509https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2510.jpgIMG_25102019-02-13T23:53:44+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/02/13/hans-goes-skiing/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hans-18.jpgHans - 18Hans grew weary of injuries and the pressure to excel. He quietly made a lasting decision to scale back his ambitions and concentrate on the joy of low-angle gliding which he knew would sustain him into old age.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hans-17.jpgHans - 17https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hans-16.jpgHans - 16But, lo, this daredevil lifestyle had its dark side.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hans-15.jpgHans - 15...into clandestine gorges.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hans-14.jpgHans - 14He was still restless and began making first descents...https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hans-13.jpgHans - 13Dropping them was irresistible.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hans-12.jpgHans - 12This terrain was filled with cliffs.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hans-11.jpgHans - 11...and ended his death-defying descents by cranking down the lower snowfields.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hans-9.jpgHans - 9He discovered that wasn't as easy as it looked. Some of his slides had scary consequences.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hans-8.jpgHans - 8He grew fond of the attention and began dreaming of being in the next Level 1 ski movie. His fate was sealed as he took off in search of rails to grind.2019-02-18T13:34:59+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/sugarbush-map/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/map-resized3.jpgmap-resized3Morningside is the rectangle on the lower right.2019-02-12T22:31:48+00:00weekly0.6https://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/02/06/tap-tap-tap/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1000718-1.jpgp1000718https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1000723.jpgP1000723Mystery photo mystery solved. Thank goodness for the internet. This is the track of a Saucer-Soled Siberian Cyclops. 2019-02-16T16:02:52+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2019/02/08/fifty-shades-of-silver/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fifty-shade-of-silver-3.jpgFifty shade of Silver 3https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fifty-shades-of-silver-2.jpgFifty shades of Silver 2https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1000732.jpgP1000732https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1000744.jpgP1000744https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1000756.jpgP1000756https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1000739.jpgP1000739https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1000752.jpgP1000752https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1000764.jpgP10007642019-02-16T16:45:47+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/03/27/sweet-potato-and-broccoli-bowl/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2492.jpgIMG_2492During Open House MTL snapped a shot of Ana boiling in Chief of Operations's jacket, the first step toward walking in his shoes. Photo Credit: MTLhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2493.jpgIMG_2493Photo credit: MTL2018-03-28T12:23:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2018/03/10/broiled-oranges-with-cardamom-syrup-maple-glazed-pecans/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/photo-1-4-2.jpgphoto 1 (4) 2https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/photo-3-4.jpgphoto 3 (4)2018-03-17T00:31:04+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/11/30/the-wind-storm-of-2017/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p1000356-1.jpgP1000356 (1)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p1000391.jpgP1000391After. Note the hangfirehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p1000373.jpgP1000373It wouldn't be right to drift away from November without citing the storm that uprooted spruce, hemlock, and pine trees across the sugarbush. The wind on nearby Mt. Mansfield reached 115 mph in the wee hours of Halloween. An entire band of spruce trees toppled just above the upper sap shed.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p1000343.jpgP1000343What wind can do.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_3123.jpgIMG_3123https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_3127.jpgIMG_3127Midway through work liberating the Main Central line.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_3167-1.jpgIMG_3167 (1)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_2945.jpgIMG_2945Beforehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_2898-1.jpgIMG_2898 (1)Eight loads for Old Blue cleared much of the road. We left the trees that knocked down the power line for the town crew to clear.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_2800-1.jpgIMG_2800 (1)2017-12-10T04:20:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/09/10/newfoundland-part-iv-the-gift/2017-11-19T22:09:07+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/05/15/wrap-up/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p10505751.jpgP1050575https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1050575.jpgP1050575 https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1050592.jpgP1050592Wood split and stacked? Check!https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1050596.jpgP1050596The gloves got their moment in the sunhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1050597.jpgP1050597The RO "diapers" lined up for their spring outing.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6400.jpgDSCN6400https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6294.jpgDSCN6294and Chief of Operations compiled the annual chart of stats to mount on the back wall of the sugarhouse.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wp_20150410_18_43_27_pro.jpgWP_20150410_18_43_27_Proand Chief of Operations compiled a chart of stats to add to the wall of them of them. [Photo credit: Laurie Silva] 2017-09-15T01:10:20+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/09/03/newfoundland-part-iii-right/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cpc111.jpgCPC11NORTH. Black. (Canyon) Air. Ancients.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cpc09.jpgCPC09SOUTH. blank. blank. Child. (Fungus)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cpc06.jpgCPC06WEST. Red. (Thistle) Earth. Adult.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cpc03.jpgCPC03EAST. White (Reindeer lichen) Water. Infant. 2017-09-15T00:01:14+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/08/27/newfoundland-part-ii-drum-drum-drum-drum/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/p1070058.jpgP1070058SOUTH Yellow. (Caterpillar) Fire.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cpc13.jpgCPC13Lobster Cove Lighthousehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cpc12.jpgCPC12NORTH. Black. (Bear print) Airhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cpc08.jpgCPC08SOUTH. Yellow. (Lichen)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cpc07.jpgCPC07EAST. Yellow. (Bladderwort) Fire. Youth.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cpc05.jpgCPC05WEST. Red. (Sundew) Earth.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cpc04.jpgCPC04WEST. Red. (Bunchberries)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cpc02.jpgCPC02EAST. White (Cottongrass) Water. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/scan-1.jpgScan 1Kevin's Gift. Painting by Ana Lucia Fernandez2017-09-11T12:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/08/23/newfoundland-fire-circle-part-i-mikmaq/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cpc10.jpgCPC10WEST: BLACK. (Boulder field) https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cpc01.jpgCPC01EAST. White. (Foxglove)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/scan.jpgScanKevin's Gift. Painting by Ana Lucia Fernandez2017-09-09T22:30:11+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/04/28/the-ephemerals-spring-beauties/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/scan-21.jpgScan 2https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/unnamed.jpgunnamedhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1050509.jpgP1050509https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1050498.jpgP10504982017-04-29T01:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/04/22/saturday-afternoon-at-the-opera/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_4436.jpgIMG_4436Drumroll, please. Photo by Laurie Silva.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_4449.jpgIMG_4449The aria for this trio goes on for twenty minutes explaining how it takes three people twenty minutes to read one hydrometer. Photo credit: Laurie Silvahttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_4450.jpgIMG_4450The hydrometer aria is reprised as a trio for soprano, tenor, and baritone. It will be a long one (30 minutes) with striking dissonance. Is the density reading 64.2, 64. 4, or 63.9? Photo by Laurie Silva.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p10502492.jpgP1050249https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1050278.jpgP1050278Everyone will get to sing about encounters with it. Here is our powerful tenor, Ross.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p10502401.jpgP1050240 The soprano's turn to check and adjust the density. Over? Under?https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p10502491.jpgP1050249https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p10502751.jpgP1050275The source of tension, altercations, and murderous intentions in The Work with the Sap is this hydrometer, shown here in its hydrometer cup. 2017-04-23T03:28:18+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/04/19/maple-ginger-beer/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170411_205211.jpg20170411_2052112017-04-20T01:35:27+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/04/13/70-degrees-in-the-shade/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1050331.jpgP1050331Ugh, not this tedious job again (changing the filter press papers).https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6449.jpgDSCN64492017-04-20T01:59:26+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/04/09/sunday-buds-and-a-washing-machine/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p10502521.jpgP1050252Coming in out of the rain to scrub and make merry, that was April, Round One.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1050292.jpgP1050292This photo is from yesterday (Saturday) and could have been from the previous Saturday. The two April snow storms bracketed April, Round Onehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1050298.jpgP1050298This was yesterday (Saturday). Erase all of the snow on the roof and the twigs and half of the snow on the ground, stir with mud, squish through the mud with your boots and you've got today (Sunday).https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/scan-2.jpgScan 2Red maple buds. They tend to pop before the sugar maple buds. They stand out in their redness at all stages: fat red buds, red flowers, red leaves in the fall.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1050216.jpgP1050216Ana keeping it lively.2017-04-12T21:15:33+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/04/11/music-to-boil-by/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscn8280.jpgDSCN8280Joe is a natural in the sugarhouse because he wears a baseball cap.2017-04-11T12:25:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/04/06/not-your-everyday-oatmeal-cookies/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/photo-1.jpgphoto (1)2017-04-07T11:59:35+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/04/03/its-happening/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0886-1.pngIMG_0886 (1)2017-04-03T17:55:50+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/03/31/march-final-round/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1050195.jpgP1050195https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1050196.jpgP1050196https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1050197.jpgP1050197Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Raven sing in scolding tones whenever I approach to within 200 yards. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1050060.jpgP10500602017-04-02T02:19:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/03/31/where-is-spell-check/2017-04-01T02:41:34+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/03/27/maple-cardamom-glazed-salmon/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/photo-3-1.jpgphoto 3 (1)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/photo-1-1.jpgphoto 1 (1)2017-03-28T21:31:02+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/03/26/sunday-buds/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/anna-buds-3_22.jpegAnna - Buds 3_22Sugar maple buds. Drawing by Ana Lucia Fernandez2017-04-01T11:19:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/03/24/march-round-two/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p10501911.jpgP1050191The March sun bakes the snow on the picnic table that at storm's end measured 27 inches.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1050092.jpgP1050092Falls Brook ice hooveshttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1050118.jpgP1050118Falls Brook ice earringshttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1050122.jpgP1050122https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1050123.jpgP1050123https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1050135.jpgP10501352017-03-27T01:48:48+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/03/19/sunday-caption-corner-3/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn8241.jpgDSCN8241https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn8239.jpgDSCN82392017-03-27T01:44:11+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/03/17/to-thrive-in-the-sugarhouse-remember-a-few-tricks/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn5142.jpgDSCN5142https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1014.jpgIMG_1014https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1019.jpgIMG_1019It's always good to have a Laurie or Lori around who likes to clean. (Laurie Silva, in the middle, recreational cleaner for a decade.)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2933.jpgIMG_2933https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tumblr_obhrbvb3791twaqq3o3_540.jpgtumblr_obhrbvB3791twaqq3o3_540https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6422.jpgDSCN6422https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5273.jpgDSCN5273https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5036.jpgDSCN50362017-03-18T19:34:21+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/03/14/blizzard-soup/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/photo.jpgphoto2017-03-17T14:00:52+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/03/11/march-round-one/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn81701.jpgDSCN8170Thursday morning, 25 degrees, just firing up the arch. The snow that blew in through the cupola doors won't last long.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn8192.jpgDSCN81922017-03-13T12:55:41+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/03/12/sunday-caption-corner-2/2017-03-16T01:26:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/03/08/hill-report-gold-for-the-soul/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_3167.jpgIMG_3167The witching hour.2017-03-10T05:46:55+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/03/05/sunday-caption-corner/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn8139.jpgdscn8139https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn8045.jpgdscn80452017-03-16T01:32:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/03/06/maple-trout-lillis-latte/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/photo-2.jpgphoto 2https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/photo-1.jpgphoto 1https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/photo-4.jpgphoto 4https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/photo-3.jpgphoto 32017-03-08T00:05:43+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/03/03/february-round-two/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn80281.jpgdscn8028BOILING STATUS: Nine days are behind us and it is only March 3rd.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn8108.jpgdscn8108https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn8068.jpgdscn8068Warm weather means moths in the sap.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn8110.jpgdscn8110Finally on Thursday, while a cold wind raged, it felt cozy to stoke the fire, cozy to stand near the pans, cozy to sip hot syrup, cozy to wear a scarf, cozy to chat, cozy to listen to fiddle tunes. It felt right.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn8014.jpgdscn8014BOILING STATUS: Nine days so far and it is only March 3rd.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn8028.jpgdscn80282017-03-06T03:26:48+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/02/27/sugarmaker-trump/2018-03-24T22:18:49+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/02/22/__trashed/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn7974.jpgdscn7974https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn7962.jpgdscn7962https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn7951.jpgdscn7951https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn7950.jpgdscn7950https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn7945.jpgdscn7945https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn7906.jpgdscn7906https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn7910.jpgdscn7910https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn7899.jpgdscn78992017-02-25T18:37:57+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/02/25/sapshine/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn8006-11-49-18-am1.jpgdscn8006-11-49-18-amhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn7997.jpgdscn7997https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn8003.jpgdscn8003https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn8009-11-50-35-am.jpgdscn8009-11-50-35-amhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sapshine-11-50-54-am.jpgsapshine-11-50-54-am2017-02-25T18:32:27+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2017/02/20/saps-running/2017-02-21T14:26:30+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/12/11/out-with-the-rusty-old-in-with-the-shiny-new/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn78791.jpgdscn7879https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn7876.jpgdscn7876No one would choose to replace a smoke stack this tall more often than every forty years. Missing is a photo of the crew on the roof, clearing the cupola of snow and ice. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn7889.jpgdscn7889The sugarhouse gleams.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn7877.jpgdscn7877Good riddance to the old stack. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn7879.jpgdscn7879dddddd2016-12-12T00:50:40+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/12/04/blowdown-day-in-november/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/paulrogersphotography_vt_151124-119.jpgNebraska Knoll Sugar Farm Sugarbush Map, Stowe, 2015On this map of the sugarbush, the crew has marked in red the problem area they came upon while repairing tubing: Tree fell over line. Dead tree at top of main line needs to be topped. Hole in line. Microburst section, many dead trees along main line. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/paulrogersphotography_vt_151124-103.jpgLew Coty Sharpens Chainsaw at Nebraska Knoll Sugar Farm, Stowe,The day starts in the wood shop were Chief of Operations sharpens his chain saw.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/paulrogersphotography_vt_151124-150.jpgNebraska Knoll Sugar Farm Sugarbush Maintenance Crew, Stowe, 201Rosshttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/paulrogersphotography_vt_151124-190.jpgClearing a Downed Tree at Nebraska Knoll Sugar Farm, Stowe, 2015It's down.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/paulrogersphotography_vt_151124-202.jpgSap Line Maintenance, Stowe, 2015It's so important to repair broken lines before the cold, snow, and ice numb up the hands and stiffen the lines. Of course, there will be fresh blowdowns by tapping time in February.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/paulrogersphotography_vt_151124-214.jpgpaulrogersphotography_vt_151124-214'Half of a Ross' ain't half bad.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/paulrogersphotography_vt_151124-297.jpgpaulrogersphotography_vt_151124-297Here is Chief of Operations hauling his chain saw and a bucket of main line tools. He https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/paulrogersphotography_vt_151124-203.jpgpaulrogersphotography_vt_151124-2032016-12-05T15:05:35+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/11/18/apple-tree-in-november/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_ogpt0ogdgx1twaqq3o1_1280.jpgtumblr_ogpt0ogdgx1twaqq3o1_1280Spider Arthttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tumblr_obhthahakh1twaqq3o2_500.jpgtumblr_obhthahAkH1twaqq3o2_500Spider Art2016-11-22T13:30:15+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/05/08/baby-bundts/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/photo-3.jpgphoto 3https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/photo-1.jpgphoto 12016-05-16T14:58:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/04/17/mallards-and-maples/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/trumpet-of-swan.jpgTrumpet of Swanhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/swan-song.jpgSwan SongText: E.B. White Tune: Nebraska folkhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/scan079.jpgScan079We could smell in the steam during Thursday's boil that the buds were about to pop. This weekend's 60-degree warmth and sunshine proclaimed the turn of seasons.2016-06-06T13:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/04/23/to-the-falkland-islands/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn6441.jpgDSCN6441A new experience making maple sugar: the syrup burned and smoked even at a low temp. What do you see in it?2016-04-29T13:26:56+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/04/14/still-still-going/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn6586.jpgDSCN6586Perspective I2016-04-16T02:04:11+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/04/12/sap-run-101/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn0093.jpgDSCN0093bit by buiehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn6131.jpgDSCN6131Ear to the ground.2016-04-29T13:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/04/09/still-going/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn6570.jpgDSCN6570'Twas a good day to be indoors.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn0056.jpgDSCN0056Falls Brook this week. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1563.jpgIMG_1563At Open House weekend last Saturday, this brother and sister returned for their annual dose of Sugar-on-Snow. We found the snow at a dammed-up lake where what little snow we had this winter blew off the lake and collected below the dam.2016-04-09T14:08:53+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/maple-trout-lilli-and-i/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/lili3-300x225.giflili3-300x225https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/lili.jpglili2016-04-05T16:57:47+00:00weekly0.6https://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/03/17/march-17th/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6342.jpgDSCN6342https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6218.jpgDSCN6218Then the floatbox foamhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6230.jpgDSCN6230First, the sap.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6235.jpgDSCN6235https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6241.jpgDSCN6241https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6335.jpgDSCN6335https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6330.jpgDSCN6330[Then the RO] then the firehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6315.jpgDSCN63152016-04-05T16:54:05+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/04/03/vinegar-pie/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/photo-2.jpgphoto 2https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/photo-3.jpgphoto 32016-04-04T01:32:25+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/04/01/breathless/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn6526.jpgDSCN6526https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn6521.jpgDSCN6521https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn6470.jpgDSCN6470Hmmmmhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn6468.jpgDSCN6468"Stoke!" (Tom)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn6537.jpgDSCN6537Emma draws syrup into the pail at the finish trough.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6272.jpgDSCN6272The buckets have overflowed a few times this incredible week.2016-04-10T00:27:19+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/03/29/cherish-the-pancake/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6494.jpgDSCN6494https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6492.jpgDSCN6492https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6511.jpgDSCN6511https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6498.jpgDSCN6498https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6485.jpgDSCN6485The Easter bunny visits the pre-heater.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6501.jpgDSCN6501As you can see, the Easter bunny 2016-04-03T18:14:28+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/03/27/eureka/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn64441.jpgDSCN64442016-04-01T15:25:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/03/24/animals-as-leaders-animals-as-chewers/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6383.jpgDSCN6383Wednesday's Light Show, Phase IIhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6398.jpgDSCN6398https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6435.jpgDSCN6435RShttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6428.jpgDSCN6428CThttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn6138.jpgDSCN6138The Year of the Microspikes2016-03-25T02:23:53+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/03/21/stranger-than-fiction/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6242.jpgDSCN6242Broken conduit2016-03-21T21:29:45+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/03/20/shes-broke/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6354.jpgDSCN6354A view of the foam from the other side of the backpanhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6346.jpgDSCN6346When the blob of foam overwhelms the float box, a dollop of it breaks off into the sap bucket below.2016-03-20T16:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/03/14/daylight-savings-breakfast/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fullsizerender-1.jpgFullSizeRender (1)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/photo-3.jpgphoto 3https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/photo-2.jpgphoto 22016-03-15T13:05:51+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/03/12/white-frost-wonder/2016-03-15T01:38:49+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/03/11/could-freeze-tonight/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6194.jpgDSCN6194A way station for sap en route from the woods to the tanks.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6203.jpgDSCN6203Sap in codehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6204.jpgDSCN62042016-03-12T02:07:08+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/03/09/go/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn00021.jpgDSCN0002https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6161.jpgDSCN6161Before boiling on Tuesday, Chief of Operations hacked up the ice in the tankshttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6178.jpgDSCN6178Testing sap sweetness with the sap hydrometer. It reads about 2.4 percent sugar. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6173.jpgDSCN6173and heaved it out the door. Since sugar doesn't freeze, the sap under the ice was ultra sweet.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6177.jpgDSCN6177https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn6179.jpgDSCN61792016-03-10T01:48:06+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/03/07/countdown-54321/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn0021.jpgDSCN0021https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn0109.jpgDSCN0109A few trees were tapped low this year; this technique is controversial. 2016-03-07T21:26:43+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/03/05/countdown-543/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn0050.jpgDSCN0050Falls Brook bagpipes. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn0100.jpgDSCN0100Halloween in Marchhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscn0105.jpgDSCN0105Mystery Photo2016-03-07T04:23:22+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/03/03/ka-pow/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/photo.jpgphoto2016-03-06T18:50:09+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/03/01/leap-year-boil/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn61571.jpgDSCN6157https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn6157.jpgDSCN61572016-03-06T18:47:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/02/28/on-ice/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn9774.jpgDSCN9774The deer slip slide away too.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn99221.jpgDSCN9922The week of the ice.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn9978.jpgDSCN9978Saturday sparkled. This is Larry, who advised me to skate on Tuesday before the rain and snow ruined the good ice.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn9981.jpgDSCN9981Larry, shown here skiing on Saturday, said on Tuesday that the skating was fabulous on Waterbury Reservoir, so off I went with a friend.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn9932.jpgDSCN9932Rabbit, rabbit2016-03-03T23:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/02/23/anemic-winter/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn9828.jpgDSCN9828Falls Brook detailhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn98781.jpgDSCN9878Falls Brook miniaturehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn9901.jpgDSCN9901Big Boy Ice at Bingham Fallshttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn6152.jpgDSCN6152https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn6142.jpgDSCN6142THE BROKEN ELBOW. We started collecting sap at 1 pm Saturday night, but at 6 am the tanks were empty. Here is why. The repair took two hours. There's always something.2016-02-23T16:34:19+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2016/02/20/saturday-chores/2016-02-23T02:32:30+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/11/17/what-never/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn6037.jpgDSCN6037The black and white life has its time and place, if only for a moment.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn6036.jpgDSCN6036The black and white life has its time and its place, if just for a moment.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn6034.jpgDSCN6034https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn6029.jpgDSCN6029 Today, loop-de-loops in the sun on a Herbie line.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn60261.jpgDSCN6026November work entails walking the lines before the snow flies. Since it is deer hunting season, Lew wears an orange hat while he checks for blowdowns and animal chew. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn6026.jpgDSCN6026November is "Walk the Lines Before Winter" season, as well as deer hunting season, so Lew wears orange as he checks for animal chew and blowdowns.2015-12-05T16:36:22+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/11/21/late-november-bears/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sugaring151.jpgSugaring151A bear nest. They cache the beech nuts by pulling off branches and stuffing them together, like filling a pantry shelf.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/animals-37.jpgAnimals - 37Evidence of a bear climbing this beech tree.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0848.jpgDSCN0848This bear ate supper in the apple tree closest to the house. https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn6050.jpgDSCN6050Blowdown across Keystone 6 (K6) mainline on "The Fairway." https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn6047.jpgDSCN6047Where are the gray skies of November? What with fall tubing maintenance to complete, no one is complaining. This shot is on K4. You can see the ridge of Mt. Bend on the horizon.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn6042.jpgDSCN60422015-11-25T13:40:18+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/11/23/a-rule-for-pumpkin-pie/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn9795.jpgDSCN9795Ice tongues from last night's frost.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn5521.jpgDSCN5521https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/aunt-colie.jpgAunt Colie2015-11-24T01:29:37+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/08/23/the-hemlock-forest/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_0370.jpgIMG_0370The Hemlock Forest below The Plazahttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn9881.jpgDSCN98812015-08-23T15:01:45+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/07/28/3-cotton-candy/2015-07-31T00:27:20+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/06/18/downpours-and-water-bars/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0263.jpgDSCN0263Prayer flagshttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0302.jpgDSCN0302https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn5619.jpgDSCN5619The northern Vermont rain forest.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/scan006.jpgScan006Death in the midst of life. Detail of decay on the bark of a dead maple tree. Not the old taphole in the upper left.2015-06-23T11:38:05+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/05/15/a-few-stats/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tumblr-header.jpgTumblr Header"Captured"https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn55341.jpgDSCN5534Witch hobble blossom.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/woods-truck.jpgWoods TruckOld Bluehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn5799-1.jpgDSCN5799 (1) Scrubbing the sugarhouse chafes and gratifies, in equal measure.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn5628.jpgDSCN5628https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn5687.jpgDSCN5687Nettles, the next wild edible after leeks and fiddleheads.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn5688.jpgDSCN5688Witch hobble blossomhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn5613.jpgDSCN5613Trout Lilyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn5747.jpgDSCN5747Sugar maple leaves, further along.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn5748.jpgDSCN57482015-05-16T10:25:02+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/05/10/fast-forward/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn5636.jpgDSCN5636the feel of the leaf veins,https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn5718.jpgDSCN5718beneath the giants - but not for long, since the shade-making canopy burgeonshttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn5648.jpgDSCN5648(Couldn't resist)https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn5679.jpgDSCN5679and the context of wildflowers bloominghttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn57751.jpgDSCN5775The pace of change dizzies. Saturday's photos are obsolete on Sunday.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn5756.jpgDSCN5756Missing from the photos, of course, is the spice of wild leeks under your fingernails from picking a few for supper's potato-leek soup.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn5508.jpgDSCN55082015-05-22T12:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/05/06/that-maple-walnut-combo/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn3087.jpgDSCN3087https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo-1.jpgphoto 1https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo-2.jpgphoto 22015-05-06T22:19:37+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/05/04/the-black-box/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/scan078.jpgScan078Sugar maple bud mid-Aprilhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn5440.jpgDSCN5440https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bud.jpgBudThis bud is swollen but has not yet popped. This week's cold has delayed the inexorable.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5433.jpgDSCN5433Tubing cleanup continues. Here is a water station set up at a vernal pool.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5412.jpgDSCN5412https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5422.jpgDSCN5422https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5398.jpgDSCN5398Potluck woods photos: #12015-05-24T19:56:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/30/they-abide-until/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5426.jpgDSCN5426"...until new green buds force them off." ---Heather Halehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5431.jpgDSCN5431https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5396.jpgDSCN53962015-04-30T15:44:35+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/27/duking-it-out/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/boxers.jpgBoxershttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/untitled.jpgUntitledhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5386.jpgDSCN5386Pulling a tap (x 9600). Note the partially-healed tap hole on the left.2015-04-28T11:48:06+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/26/nepali-cuisine-in-morrisville/2015-04-27T17:54:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/24/this-weather-that-recipe/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5205.jpgDSCN5205https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn9929.jpgDSCN9929Ross catches air off Rest Rock in the Worcester Range, fueled by the sun, the powder, and a handful of monster energy bars.2015-04-27T02:24:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/22/on-to-birch-season/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4003.jpegIMG_4003They really are in the Rockies.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_3994.jpegIMG_3994https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5274.jpgDSCN5274Just about what the mood is here this week, post-boiling season.2015-04-23T13:40:22+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/19/the-ok-scale/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/making-sugar.jpgMaking Sugarhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5333.jpgDSCN5333Leftover photohttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5314.jpgDSCN5314Sunsetting sugar season #1https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5306.jpgDSCN5306Sunset #2. Where inside the sugarhouse was this photo taken?https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5280.jpgDSCN5280Spraying out the concentrate tank at the end of Thursday's boil, the last boil of 2015.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5323.jpgDSCN5323Leftover photohttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5284.jpgDSCN5284What a gooey mess.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5331.jpgDSCN5331I've got the sun in the morning and the moon at night.2015-05-16T22:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/17/taking-the-trip-by-foot/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0675.jpgIMG_0675The lane just below the upper bridge over Falls Brookhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5231.jpgDSCN5231Falls Brookhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5220.jpgDSCN5220https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5248.jpgDSCN5248Falls Brook laps at its partially frozen banks.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5255.jpgDSCN52552015-04-18T18:45:38+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/15/martians-and-oranges/2015-04-29T02:57:02+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/13/marathon-day-seven/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0504.jpgIMG_0504https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5119.jpgDSCN5119Wildlife in the sap #2https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn4612.jpgDSCN4612https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5180.jpgDSCN51802015-04-15T00:34:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/11/that-aroma/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5166.jpgDSCN5166https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5142.jpgDSCN5142Ross fills and moves drums.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5194.jpgDSCN5194The fanciest of saps.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5137.jpgDSCN5137Becca boils.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5176.jpgDSCN5176Sleep deprivation #1https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wp_20150410_18_43_00_pro.jpgWP_20150410_18_43_00_ProSleep Deprivation #22015-04-12T03:25:50+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/10/graupel-and-gorawk/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5117.jpgDSCN5117The Dome model hangs in the upper right corner of this photo, above the filter station.2015-04-10T14:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/09/eat-your-greens/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/photo-3.jpgphoto 3https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/photo-2.jpgphoto 2Close uphttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/photo-1.jpgphoto 12015-04-09T19:49:09+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/08/just-right/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5116.jpgDSCN5116The Tartan Twixies practice air-guitar and air-banjo to a Pete Seeger CDhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5112.jpgDSCN5112Closeup of the bobcat track. There are a few points of difference between the bobcat and fisher cat tracks.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5111.jpgDSCN5111Bobcat track on Morningside2015-04-10T00:30:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/07/the-worm-turns/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5044.jpgDSCN50442015-04-08T15:43:19+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/05/easter-bounty/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5103.jpgDSCN5103The gift of water in its gaseous statehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5101.jpgDSCN5101Emma https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5092.jpgDSCN5092A pail of sunshinehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5091.jpgDSCN5091Leaping for joyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5084.jpgDSCN5084The miracle of the saphttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5109.jpgDSCN5109Caroline comes for a visit.2015-04-06T13:03:21+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/04/02/sleepy-no-more/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5015.jpgDSCN5015https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn5059.jpgDSCN5059Up, up, and away.2015-04-06T01:31:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/30/climbing-rhyme-monday-mention/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn5004.jpgDSCN50042015-03-30T17:28:05+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/27/let-the-sun-shine-in/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn4996-1.jpgDSCN4996-1Mystery Photo2015-03-30T14:06:48+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/25/on-to-the-next-game/2015-03-26T10:36:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/23/monday-evening-weather-report/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn9909.jpgDSCN99092015-03-25T04:11:51+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/23/monday-morning-weather-report/2015-03-23T23:57:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/21/maple-sweet-potato-cakes/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo1.jpgphotohttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo-22.jpgphoto 2[Has someone been nibbling? I thought there were five.. -AC]https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo-1.jpgphoto 12015-03-21T21:46:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/20/fickle-mode/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cabin-fever.jpgCabin Fever2015-03-20T13:16:05+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/17/camels-hump-on-repeat/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn4037.jpgDSCN4037https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/camels-hump-challenge.jpgCamels Hump Challengehttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn4039.jpgDSCN4039Camel's Hump from the Monroe Trailhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scan052_2.jpgScan052_22015-03-18T16:20:04+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/15/climbing-rhyme-sunday-summit/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/the-tiger-1.jpgThe Tiger-1Three-Minute Sketch Division. The Tiger: A Keystone Elder. The two upper trunks are each the size of an average, tappable tree.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn4985.jpgDSCN4985What associations does this photo trigger?https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn4982.jpgDSCN4982This major blowdown on the Keystone wet-dry lines caused the vacuum to plummet by 15 lbs.2015-03-20T23:19:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/13/first-boil-expectations/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/g00200131.jpgG00200131What color is this ice? [Carly. CT Photo]2015-03-14T06:47:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/11/up-and-running/2015-03-13T12:19:20+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/10/cheese-and-crackers-exalted/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo-21.jpgphoto-2Look at the shape of the spread of cheese and placement of the rosemary. Just a fluke?https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo.jpg2015-03-10T23:18:11+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/08/year-of-the-climbing-rhyme/2015-03-14T15:01:02+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/06/coast-to-coast-contrast/2015-03-09T00:38:34+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/04/hatless/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn4978.jpgDSCN4978Hatless tapping at last. Here's Ross freeing up a line. Note the pack and tool pouch.https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn4976.jpgDSCN4976This too is sugaring: Chops sets about repairing his leather pouch.2015-03-07T17:36:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/03/shadow-tapping/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn4969.jpgDSCN4969 Waiting its turn to be tappedhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn4968.jpgDSCN4968Avalanche!https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn4967.jpgDSCN4967Shadow Tappinghttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn4960.jpgDSCN49602015-03-04T02:10:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/03/02/hows-the-tapping-coming-along/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn4963.jpgDSCN4963Peek-a-boo (to the right and rear) during Monday afternoon's snow squallhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn49531.jpgDSCN4953Come Monday morning, it's time to get out the big tools for main line work.2015-03-11T14:50:21+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.com/2015/02/28/the-big-chill-of-2015/https://nebraskaknollblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn4932.jpgDSCN4932Day after day, week after week, the cruel wind blew off the steppes of Siberia 2015-03-01T13:22:07+00:00monthlyhttps://nebraskaknollblog.comdaily1.02026-04-03T01:11:37+00:00