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Yup, thanks for the update. I hope things get better .. faster!

That ... is a fine idea!!

Ya.. lol.. that put me to bed the other night... I actually kept a mickey of boiled down sap for friends.. MY wife says we could make a fortune selling half boiled sap as mix!!

Tapped 20 more today.... can walk everywhere easily... lol.. i should have waited!!

Nice stuff!! Welcome aboard!!

So much for my maple syrup!!

I got 3 litres from my first boil... everything froze up now. I think Im gonna tap an extra 30 trees or so I think!

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Nice fish bud!!

One is galv and the other stainless.. we finish up in the stainless.

I dont know how I messed this.. Great REPORT!!! (and plug..)

That sucks...

Well .. got 75 litres of sap in. Put everything on the small boiler Me cleaning out the vats.. Me and my setup... we still have 3 feet of snow!! First FIRE!! Finally some boiling!!

Great picts.. I should have about 2 l tomorrow.. http://www.youtube.com/embed/bESAk6Mr-K4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen> Then the freeze, then things get crazy!!

LOL.. OK... first off.. its a really a "Wood Burning Cook Stove" WE call it the "Crepe stove" cause honestly niether my mom nor my dad, nor I could stomach fluffy pancakes. We always ate crepes. So when we eat up there the menu for dinner is always the same.... Crepes, Baked Beans and Honey Cooked Ham, with gobs of last years syrup. (funny how I never get tired of it...) So that why its the crepe stove... after we moved it in there. they are the only only thing that gets cooked on it... and they ARE delicious. And my daughter thanks you for noticing.... you have no idea... Honestly I don't sell any of my syrup... cause as "gifts" they will get you farther than any money ever could... That bottle of Whiskey... never stood a chance Im sure.. look up .. http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/product/details.do?itemNumber=250134 Im gonna make me some of that stuff with crown.. (I know they already do).. but mines gonna be BETTER!

Ya...

LOL.. great job... your a sugar junkie.

Birch... i have a few but nothing big... lol.. im hardly organized enogh to tackle one species.. lol

I dont think im gonna get much tomorrow, but its a good test for the stove repairs i made....

Still not running much here. How many litres of syrup did ya manage??

LOL.. "My Daughter" ... is my wifey!! LOL (That sounds weird), but she will love ya forever for that comment!!!

Now thats something to be proud of!

That was awesome!!! Thanks Steve!!

Id a just done it anyway... Ya.. no the stove cant be sold.. for a couple of reasons.. lol.. #1 its the only thing of my grandmas I have, #2 my buddy (Carl) who helped me move it, (Its pretty heavy .. lol) from my grandmas house and into that shack would skin me alive.... and lol.. up here.. no Canadian... no help... Ya.. sleeping these days doesn't seem to be a problem.. lol Raining here today and then everything freezes up for a few days on wed. I think Ill collect what little we have so far and give it a run on Tuesday night/wed.

Rainy day... but all the trees are tapped and some buckets are 1/4 to 1/2 full... gonna get a cold snap though thats gonna shut us down wed. for a few days methinks...