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Wanted poster

June 22, 2010

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A New Enemy In Our Midst

June 19, 2010

A new enemy has emerged for Maple Syrup producers. It sneaks into the sugar bush without the producers knowledge, it takes hold of the precious nutrients in the soil and slowly kills the team players will to produce sap, it multiplies rapidly and without warning, before anyone can do anything the invading army has imposed [...]

Lead testing part II

May 20, 2010

I have given each company I emailed  some time to respond and here are the results. The first person to email me back was Dave Lachance from lead inspector, he responded on the weekend with the following: “hello dave, thanks for the email and your inquiry. the kits would be great to test the solder [...]

Lead testing part I

May 11, 2010

Mike and I are in the process right now of upgrading our equipment so that we can bring more of the sweet nectar of the Gods to you. The problem with a lot of the used evaporator pans out there is that they are lead soldered which is considered to be a health risk. We [...]