Posted by Donald Lehman on March 14, 2015 at 14:56:05 from (184.12.64.56):
We finished tapping trees across the road today and got about a third of the trees tapped behind the barn before everyone had enough for the day. Jeff and I were on snowshoes this morning, but the snow got so soft this afternoon the snowshoes were next to worthless, so we just resorted to the bull in the china shop method. In other words just put your head down and bull through the snow. Had # 1 an #2 son plus a couple of grandkids help today. 11 year old granddaughter and 14 year old grandson helped cart buckets and covers. They done good. Another day should get us pretty well done. We will end up somewhere in the neighborhood of 700-800 taps. The trees were dripping to some extent today. We put in about 5 1/2 hour crawling through the snow with an hour break for lunch while we waited for the drill batteries to re-charge. It's hard work, but it is worth it just to get into the woods.
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