Our spring order from Lapierre finally came in on Friday! Since we’ve already prepped much of the woods we’ll start hanging the tubing and setting up the releaser this Thursday. Can anyone guess what the big stainless steel cylinder is? We’ll make a separate post on it later.

We’re already prepping for the 2025 season, and like usual we have a few new things to try! Our droplines are on a three year replacement cycle, so this year we’re installing 8,000 anti-microbial drops from Middle Valley Maple. We’re also trying some of their anti-microbial spouts. We have an experiment setup with the 2,000 taps on the west side of Robinson Road using the new spouts while the 3,000 taps on the east using the “old” arc-barb spouts.

“Middle Valley Maple antimicrobial fittings safeguard against microbes and combat bacteria/fungal microbial growth that develops during the sugaring process over time. This allows for improved sap yield performance, especially when tapping early or when fittings are reused for additional seasons. Middle Valley Maple antimicrobial fittings are manufactured with a silver based antimicrobial ad- ditive that is the first in the industry to be approved be the State of Vermont for organic certification.”

Our vanilla and cinnamon infused syrups are ready to go, check them out on our website here! The cinnamon version is currently available on Amazon, while the vanilla version is still being packed/shipped and should be there in a week or two.