mdbelanger
Almost broke my 3rd.....member
Been spending the last 9 days in the maple sugar bush. I have had this for 20 years now, not going to be a good season. But enough to pay the taxes on 110 acres and make few $$.
Looking up the bush.
The sugar house with a bit of steam coming out.
Front of the boiling arch. Sap holding tanks to the left and right with a few out back.
Back pan boiling, she is hot enough that there is an eight inch rolling boil there.
Front pan, where the final boil is to make Maple Syrup.
Drawing off maple syrup. Visegrips are holding on a prefilter. Then filtered again prior canning. Boiling 35 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup.
The fire box, will burn about 15 cords of wood in a month. Shove 4 foot long peices in there. Also there are blowers in the back of the fire box to make her burn hotter.
Made a few hundred gallons so far.
Michael.
Looking up the bush.
The sugar house with a bit of steam coming out.
Front of the boiling arch. Sap holding tanks to the left and right with a few out back.
Back pan boiling, she is hot enough that there is an eight inch rolling boil there.
Front pan, where the final boil is to make Maple Syrup.
Drawing off maple syrup. Visegrips are holding on a prefilter. Then filtered again prior canning. Boiling 35 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup.
The fire box, will burn about 15 cords of wood in a month. Shove 4 foot long peices in there. Also there are blowers in the back of the fire box to make her burn hotter.
Made a few hundred gallons so far.
Michael.