The final scrubbing of the 2022 sugaring season
Category Archives: Maple Sugaring
The New Pump House
In August, we built a pumphouse to gather the sap. It was designed to look like a sugar house and holds two totes for collecting the sap. We ran new tubing from part of the bush that had never been tapped before and updated/replaced some old tubing to get everything to run directly into theContinue reading “The New Pump House”
The New Evaporator
Looking good in the sugarhouse
Building the New Sugarhouse
We out-grew the old sugarhouse and decided it was time to mill the wood to build a new one. It needed to be big enough for a heated room to accommodate our new RO and have more access around the Small Brothers Maple Sugar Evaporator 2X6 (Lightning). The evaporator is wood-fired with a raised flue.Continue reading “Building the New Sugarhouse”
Microgreens, Maple Sugar and More 