Posted on 03/02/2020 11:56:55 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
21 Selling at Farmer’s Markets.
Can at local orchards ;)
He’s got the biggest maple tapped with two and one each on the smaller trees that don’t get as much direct sun.
He’s just using the metal taps you pound in with a covered bucket that holds about 3 gallons. He checks them a few times a day and puts the raw sap into a big old stainless milk can he get from somewhere.
It keeps him out of my hair, LOL! He just went to do some tree trimming along the far fence line...we’ve goth got Spring Fever today!
1. Gardening
A. TruGreen
2. Caring for Fruit Trees
A. Uncle John’s Cider Mill
3. Cooking
A. Stouffer’s Frozen Entrees
4. Baking Bread
A. Aunt Millie’s Whole Wheat Bread
5. Making Butter
A. Land-o-Lakes
6. Preserving Food
A. Tupperware
7. Making Hard Cider
A. Angry Orchard
8. Recognizing Good Firewood
A. Look for the box in the store marked “Duraflame”
9. Safely Cutting and Splitting Firewood
A. Carefully open said Duraflame box
10. Cleaning Your Chimney
A. Hire Dick Van Dyke
11. Hunting
A. Does drinking Angry Orchard Hard Cider at Deer Camp count?
12. Foraging
A. Beware of the stiff at the very back of the refrigerator.
13. Using Herbs for Healing
A. Is a medical marijuana card required in my state?
14. Beekeeping
A. I prefer the squeeze bottle shaped like a little bear
15. Chicken Keeping
A. I am keeping the wings frozen until I bake them for the Big Game
16. Processing a Chicken
A. Use a bucket, and decide between Original Recipe or Extra Crispy.
17. Soapmaking
A. Irish Spring. Manly, yes, but I like it, too.
18. Building and Maintaining Fencing
A. Keep filling in the hole under the fence that the dog keeps digging.
19. Playing an Instrument
A. iTunes
20. Talking to Your Neighbors
A. No, thank you. I’ll just look up their Facebook status.
I don't add it anywhere. I post about it once a month and give access to anyone who asks. If they are interested enough they can search my posts. That was just for your benefit if you haven't taken the time to look at it yet.
and making beer.
OK, Thanks!
I’m 12 out of 20....
We have friends who tapped their own trees one year and stored the sap in a big brand new garbage can they scrubbed out VERY WELL.
One night the temperatures fell below freezing, apparently very slowly.
They ended up with a big chuck of ice floating in the sap, that was virtually all water. It saved them a lot of cooking down time and someone told them that that was the best way to condense the sap into syrup. For some reason, it’s better than boiling.
Don’t forget wine and shine!!
The cleaver isn't just for the chickens
#20, talking to neighbors, expanding socially, when I am a loner, is the hardest one for me.
Of course the first link I clicked on was, ‘FOOD,’ LOL! And I also love anything ‘Foxfire.’ I read those books in HS and always wish I had them all - they’re hard to find, now.
All those years we kept dairy goats and so many people asked me if I made soap. I just could not go there. Just about every soap recipe calls for lye.
Concentrating maple sap through freezing
http://www.waldeneffect.org/blog/Concentrating_maple_sap_through_freezing/
Bookmark
Making compost.
Natural pesticides.
I make 10 gallons of hard cider every year. Great stuff.
L
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