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Amazing :) I really would like tubing eventually...:thumbsup I've got sap on the stove right now. Couldn't get started early enough, couldn't get it boiling well enough. Hoping to just finish it tonight, but if not I'll throw it in the fridge. Still have 20 L that hasn't been heated yet.

Thanks! It's chilly now but we're looking at a high of 8 (46 f) today! Awesome, would love to see your set-up :)!

I'm not sure what it is, but I get so excited about making my own "sugar". Maybe because I love sugar so much ;) I like to use syrup in my baking if I can, and skip the refined sugar.

Sounds like a decent set-up! Collection is definitely a challenge here, at least with me trying to do it by myself. I think how it will work from now on is I will collect the sap into our water containers (20 L) and leave it on the forest path for my DH to go and collect after work. I just can't...

Didn't actually get much more sap yesterday, we may have lost a bunch in the overflow! DH and I had a big fight about the evaporator last night, ok well maybe the fight part wasn't really about the evaporator per se, but the end result is that I'm going to be using the propane today to boil...

Nice! I hope to have that many someday. Wish the previous owner hadn't sold all the large maples :( I'd be able to set up tubing, but the only ones left are along the property line and spread out. Ya, I think we'll have more overflowing buckets this evening. I wasn't able to go out to collect...

How many trees do you have tapped @NH Homesteader ?

Well, we went out this morning and the buckets were overflowing! Will have to collect this afternoon as well. 20L of sap collected so far, if we get another 20L and boil tomorrow that will be about 2 pints of maple syrup.

Got most of the trees tapped on Saturday (6) Have 2 or 3 more to do. We didn't get out to collect today though! So I'll try to get out in the morning, once it's not too cold. I know you're not supposed to leave sap in the buckets, but sometimes that's the way it is. We won't gift anything from...

That's got to be tough if you're not used to it, I hope everything turns out ok and you're able to stay warm!

Sounds like you and I are thinking along the same lines @mythreesons290322 ! As for selling plants, it wasn't something I had really considered, but if I see there's a market for it, and once I get some greenhouse/cold frame/seed starting area set up, I would give it a try!

We still need to plant our fruit and berries. Needed to see the land for a year first so I didn't plop them in a terrible spot. But I'm still not sure where everything should go, so I think we'll just buy a few things this year and stick them somewhere! Wild black raspberries grow around the...

I recently completed a couple pairs of booties for a pregnant friend of mine.

Ah wish I could contribute, I recently borrowed a book from the library to read up on it, and my sister has told me about a farm she visited that does it. So we're probably like you; we'll talk about for a couple years and then finally do it!

Ah I'm getting plant envy lol. Still very much winter here. But it's not freezing everyday which is nice (we'll just ignore the fact that it's above seasonal). Still, I'll be able to start some seedlings next month! Probably in 3 weeks

Ha, that's funny, I was just looking into Woods style coop last week! Apparently the air flow science is off (which is apparently a very controversial thing to die-hard Woods fans) but that doesn't mean it's not a good design. Too complicated for us to attempt, and I've got some serious snow...

I didn't even know people attempted DL without a dirt floor until I joined BYC, I just assumed the two went hand in hand. I'm using DL in the coop I have now, and like you Bee I pretty much just use what's available and make sure to switch it up from time to time if I find I've been using the...

I'll be taking some on Saturday! Here's some from last year:

Just got some cinder blocks delivered to build the evaporator. We didn't end up tapping yet; we'll do it on Saturday. Last year we were actually overrun with sap and had to toss a bunch. We're hoping the homemade evaporator will help with that this year. So though I feel like we're behind, I...

Ah that's fantastic @milkmansdaughter ! I'd reeeeeeealy like to get some apple trees going.