Sap Journal

Here we go again! Scott’s all tapped in and we’re collecting sap! We still have lots of snow on the ground. Tapping wasn’t too bad. Scott needed snowshoes, and if he sank in a rotten spot, he hit the layer...
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The sap ran, we fired up the evaporator on Thursday, primed the system and made a little (fabulous) syrup. Matt Miller is back, firing for Scott. Kind of a perfect boiling day. Now we just wait for warm temps again!...
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Sugar Season is here!Scott spent the past couple of weeks tapping in. The sugar woods is just up the hill behind our house. We’re in the Cobequid Hills, not too far from the highest point in mainland Nova Scotia. This...
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