…and yes, it involves chickens Just look at that! I am at a loss for words that would adequately describe that glorious eastern sky earlier this week. Nevermind that I am all about pinks and purples…and the brilliant intensity was truly awesome. It was the sort of sunrise that compelled one to drop whatever she…
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Evolution of a Sugar Bush, Part 2
Learning and Growing That first year was intoxicating…we had our first taste of maple syrup from our own trees, we had the camaraderie of a small group of friends joining us in our quest, and we had glimmers of what could be in the future. As the saying goes, “We didn’t know what we didn’t…
Evolution of a Sugar Bush, Part 1
A Ten-Year Adventure Begins In 1989 we purchased this 31-acre chunk of property with gleams in our eyes for “working the land”, having no clear idea of what that really looked like. There were ten or so acres of overgrown pasture, a dozen or so neglected and sickly fruit trees, a couple of rows of…