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 [...]
This month is just flying by. Soon it will be time for the sap to flow again, I can’t wait! I had a chance to talk with Mike today about how the bush was progressing. He has been insanely busy running mainlines and I wish I was up there to help him. I have been [...]
Well it has been a long time since I have posted something on the site. I am back up north for the weekend and Mike and I have a lofty goal of running all the mainline in the large part of the bush. This is about 350 taps and from now on it will called [...]
I posted two videos a few day ago of mike and I running around in the bush marking trees and putting up main lines. As I said I would here they are Enjoy. Marking Trees Marking Main lines
Well I am back in Toronto and back on high speed internet. This makes me very very happy indeed, but of course I miss the bush. There was a ton of stuff that we accomplished over the weekend I was up north. Once I got a chance to get to know the bush I understand [...]
A sugar bush in the fall has a beautiful odour of crisp leaves that have begun to fall to ground, the smell of the assorted trees mixing togeather to produce the seeds being sown for next years crop of young saplings. Combined, all create an amazing perfume that is indescribable and is something to behold. It is [...]