Posted by Adirondack case guy on February 19, 2013 at 15:23:14 from (74.69.160.79):
We got off to a slow start, this morning. It was only 17F. The clear skies clowded over, and by 1:00PM temps rose to 38F, but we got all snow , and as I post it is still snowing. Were getting good old "sap snow", about 2" this afternoon. There were 6 of us, 3 generations of family tapping the trees. Today I was the elder 65 near 66, so I got to be the tractor driver. My uncle 4th generation will be there tomarrow, so we will put him in the tractor. We have a small group of windfalls from Huricane Sandy to clear in one section, so I will tackel that job tomarrow. I was not willing to cut them two weeks ago as the trees were still lodged in others and "Loaded" The recent winds dropped them to the ground, so I feel safe cutting them from the root balls tomarrow. I will post more pics tomarrow night. We hung 650 buckets today. Planning on hanging 1000-1200 total, so if all goes well we will just be waiting for the sap to run after that. Far cry from our "hay days when we were hanging 3000 buckets in this 65 Acer sugar bush. Loren, the Acg.
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