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Driving around last fall all the color on the side of the road caught my eye, getting out of the van was when I spied not one, but two barns. I'm guessing that the barns are on the same piece of property.
I stopped for the color and the barns were just an added bonus to the photos.
Linking with Tricia for Barn Charm.
Sitting in the van while Jim gassed up I spied the gas sign in the rear view mirror, this was taken yesterday. I mostly took this shot because the reflection was pretty neat and more than one reflection going on in this shot.
Well it seems the sap run has slowed down now. Jim is checking the level of the boil, you don't want to get it down too low or you can burn the batch your boiling. So far, so good, we haven't done that yet. After 6 days of boiling, total to date is approximately 360 gallons of sap and 7.37 gallons of syrup.
Equipment is cleaned and ready for the next run.
Hope you all have a great start to your week.
Yesterday we woke up to snow and the trees looked so pretty. Our bird feeders look so lonely out there on the back deck. I didn't fill my feeders this winter as we were going to be gone for more than a month. I didn't want the birds to come and then all of a sudden they weren't being fed, but now it's time to fill them up again. I miss my feathered friends.
I finished the baby quilt that I was making for a wonderful cause. I used "minky" fabric for my backing, I have not made anything with this fabric and I absolutely love the feel of it.
I made 4 place-mats and now I'll work on finishing them up. It's definitely busy over here :)
greek yogurt...kashi cereal...strawberries from our garden
YUM!
Jim has his end all figured out and so do I. After the sap boils in the evaporator it gets brought in the house where I finish the boiling process.
I test it with a hydrometer to get it to the correct temperature, then we strain it and put it in hot bottles.
Yesterdays boil yielded a gallon of syrup.
We'll see if we get the number we got last season which was just over 20 gallons of syrup.
Yesterday I had to head to Illinois to see the dentist. I like the one I go to so I don't mind the drive. I left at 9:00 a.m. and got back about 7:00 p.m. It was a quick trip, but I got to see some of the kids while I was there.
One good thing about going there I was able to pick up some angle iron that Jim needed for the evaporator, so that today we could start to boil.
I'm organized with my part and now I'm just waiting for the sap to boil down.
Oh man, I can't wait to taste that first taste of the season.
Heading to Cadott Wisconsin to get some sugaring supplies we passed this big barn.
I'm linking with Tricia over at Bluff Area Daily for another round of Barn Charm.
I think I need to bring out my muck boots instead of my snow boots. So far my snow boots are still free of mud.
You all have a wonderful Sunday.
I can't believe it's that time of year again.
Sadie is always in her glory when we head out to our woodlot.
This baby is going to be such a BIG help this year, maybe we won't be as exhausted when it's all over as we were last year.
I just love hearing the sap dripping in the buckets as I'm walking through our sugar bush.
I can't wait to get boiling.
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