For Jake’s birthday I commissioned a friend of ours to create this sketch of our sugar shack. We love how it turned out!

Cruz Dragosavac completed it on an iPad and recorded the process in a time lapse video as well (click on the screenshot below to watch it on YouTube).

Cruz is a talented graphic designer and illustrator – we highly recommend you check out his work on Instagram. His work is also available for purchase on Society6.

Yesterday was a big day for sap! The sun and warm temperatures really got the trees flowing and we had over 35,000 gallons of sap delivered from our other 3 properties. That doesn’t include the 10,000+ gallons pumped from this property. We also ended the day with 3,500 gallons in the sap truck because we didn’t have room to unload it.

We have been using webcams for several years to keep an eye on tank levels in order to prevent sap from overflowing. We also have webcams in the pump houses so we can see the vacuum level for each property. This year we’re experimenting with wireless vacuum monitors at the end of each line. Stay tuned!

It’s hard to believe the first boil of 2021 didn’t happen until March! We boiled over 1,000 gallons on Tuesday and Thursday, with a little help from our friends, and still have sap left over. Take a look at some of the pictures we took.