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One of my favorite times of the year is reaping the rewards of your labor from the garden. There is nothing like home grown, garden fresh vegetables and without exception one of our favorite treats in … read more

This year, in addition to tapping maples, I also tapped 40 birch trees, that has been an interesting experiment. Birch trees flow much more than maple, but you need three times as much sap to make o … read more

As I write this, maple season is winding down, the snow is almost gone, and all the news headlines are about the Covid-19 Virus. I had a pretty good maple season, temps were all over the board and s … read more

Maple season came two weeks early this year. I normally tap around the 20th of March, but this year I put my first tap in on the 3rd of March, and should have started a day or two before that. I was … read more

I am well on the mend, and into the recovery of my immune system, our January thaw is over, the temps are dropping, but spring is coming, the days are getting longer, and my Carolina Reapers are sta … read more

Honey Ginger Lemon Syrup: Remove stickers and wash 2 to 3 lemons, slice thin, do not peel. No need to remove seeds unless you wish to. Peel ginger root, approximately 5 inches of root, ginger peels we … read more