view of evaporator

Senator Peter Mills talk to Maine maple syrup producers.

The syrup after it had thickened up a bit. I was able to store the syrup in a glass jar. It's kept well and I've been able to use it not only on pancakes/waffles, but ice cream and cake!

The old lean-to/tractor (backup mill)

Soft art in vintage golden frame

Sagueen Bluffs Old-Tyme Maple Syrup Festival 2014

IHOP got rid of their blue coffee pots and syrup containers ... and replaced them with these fabulous copper and brown things - which are gorgeous, but it just doesn't look like IHOP ...

Making maple syrup

The claimed to have 1600 cherries in each bottle. The syrup was quite pungent.

Spring Syruping 2017

Actually, dish detergent.

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Be careful not to boil this mixture over. Once it starts to foam turn the heat down and keep stirring until the sugar is dissolved completely. This syrup is nearly done.

In the Syrup office

One bottle ready for consumption!

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Tap, tap, tap your tree. Galvanized buckets dot this dirt roadside in Vermont during sugaring season.

For making juice: elderberry, blueberry, or cranberry. If you speak German, Swedish names like this ten to look amusing -- and vice versa I would imagine. Stockholm, Sweden (2013).

currently for sale

Homemade Syrup with Pineapplesage and Lavender

BNSF 7476/5014/7406/7506 lead 83 tank cars west at CP1395.

just testing.

wonderful!

Golden syrup cake baked with self-raising flour and egg

flies = pigs too