Saturday, March 22, 2014

Sugar-bush Spring

collecting sap for Maple syrup at our friend's sugar bush in Naples



Q was "Official Lid Holder"



an extra heavy stone on this lid


a slightly older method, with tap spigots dripping directly into buckets







the steam from the boiling sap smelled so good you could almost taste it





Jack the work horse pulled a few logs (and snapped the chain on one log that was still frozen to the ground!) - Once his momentum got going you had to run and and hop and jump over logs to keep up with him!