The Drilling Begins!

The Drilling Begins!
Andrew and Anna on point with their drill

Close-up of the Tap

Close-up of the Tap
All it takes is a standard tap, hook, and bucket, and you too can do this to sugar maples near you!

Putting it all Together!

Putting it all Together!
Andrew and Ileana work together to get the bucket in perfect position under the tap

Tappin' Away!

Tappin' Away!
our set-up behind Rich road in Ithaca, NY

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Up to our knees in sap

After a relaxing vacation week, we were quickly brought back to reality by seeing all of the sap that was boiled by loyal members that stayed in Ithaca over break! We boiled indoors for several hours on Sunday, Tuesday, and all day on Wednesday to finish boiling off 8 buckets of sap. SO, for the weeks before and during break, the final amount of finished syrup was 1.8 gallons! Since there were so many batches, we now have several grades of syrup available.

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