Now is the time to begin to think of gift ideas for  those hard to shop for people.  Making Maple syrup on a small scale is fun, easy 

and economical.   Stop in or call for advice on buying only what you need to get started.  It can be as easy as a 5 dollar tap and bag assembly to collect the sap and a propane burner to boil the sap.     

For the experienced maple syruper I carry most all needed supplies for the 5 tap operation to the 5, 000 tap operation.    Thanks and have a Joyful Holiday Season

Don

The cleanup of buckets and equipment is complete.  It was a long season.  We made 766 gallons of syrup from 2440 taps.  It was about 1.25 quarts per tap which is definitely above average. Any time you get a quart of syrup per tap in a season is above average.  The year end snow proved to be an excellent sap producer.

The Roth spring sale is now going on and the discounts are 10 to 15 percent.   Equipment is 15 percent off so if you are looking to upgrade, now is the time to do it.  Let me know if I can assist you in your equipment decisions.

Don

We cooked the final gallons and finished at 2 am Tuesday. I could have made a couple more gallons but I was played out and the syrup was not the best.  Reports were that the season was above average, had tough time filtering, high sugar contents, 3.6 and up and everyone was wore out by the length of the season, which was over 4 weeks.   We are washing all  buckets tomorrow, about 2600 of them, sounds ominous, but we have lots of youth and families and it will take no longer than 2 hours.

Syrup prices have not been announced, however I don’t expect them to go up considering the size of the crop this year.  If syrup goes  below $2.00 per pound which is what is was at the start of the season, my sap buy price will be $.12 per point or less.

It sure is nice to have warmer weather and on to spring!!!!

Happy Easter

Don