We sat outside and took the scenery in.
The very next day things looked much different! Bright blue sky and warmth! All that beautiful snow was melting quickly!
I ran to my favorite path to capture it during the winter.
Phew! I made it. I'd been waiting all winter for the snow to hang around long enough to grab this photo. I barely made it. You could hear all of the dripping through the forest. The sun was so warm we didn't need gloves or a hat.
We took full advantage of the beautiful weather and decided to tap our sugar maples.
We got out the buckets and gave them a thorough scrubbing.
The taps too!
We grabbed our buckets, taps, drill, hammer, and lids and marched out to tap the trees.
Please look HERE for Tapping Maple Trees and HERE for Sap to Syrup!
All set. Ready for sap to start flowing! It was over 40 degrees, so we were able to see the taps work right away.
The season has begun!
Spring will be here before we know it. Backyard sugarin' really speeds the rest of the winter right up. We are so pre-occupied with boiling over the next few weekends that we don't have time to notice winter is melting away!
How about you? Got sugar maples? If yes, have you tapped them yet?
"Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice." Psalm 96:12
Oh, to have maple trees!!! What a treat! Now I know what you are sweetening all your cute pancakes with :) Your pictures are beautiful.
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DeleteI wish we had sugar maples. I love your photos of the snow.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite childhood memories is going out tapping trees with my Dad. I believe we did over 200 trees by the time we were done. We had our own sugar shack where we boiled the sap down into syrup. OH do I miss the farm life.
ReplyDeleteI have fond memories of tapping trees, collecting sap and making syrup with my family. They haven't done it for many years now and we don't have sugar maples where we live in Texas. I wish I could share a little of this with my children. I enjoyed the snow pictures.
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful!!!! Love that you come and link-up with us at Deep Roots At Home! Love all you share here!
ReplyDeleteHi! I’m new follower of your blog and would like to invite you to join me at my weekly Clever Chicks Blog Hop:
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I hope you can make it!
Cheers,
Kathy Shea Mormino
The Chicken Chick
There is nothing like real maple syrup.......Thank you for sharing with the Clever Chicks Blog Hop this week; I hope you’ll join us again!
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Kathy Shea Mormino
The Chicken Chick
http://www.The-Chicken-Chick.com
Love maple syrup :) My cousins have a sugar bush and I get free syrup every year...my Dad helps and brings me a gallon or 2 when my parents come to visit! Super blessed to have such a wonderful family :) Thanks so much for sharing this on The Creative HomeAcre Hop! Hope to see you tomorrow on the next Creative HomeAcre hop!
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