Sugar Shack: End of Phase 1

The end of sugaring season came a few weeks ago. And this is what we have to show for it.

The spiles are worn, but will be able to be used again next year, and we ended up with 3 1/2 pints of walnut syrup. We also taught 20+ people how to tap. Now we're planning the next phase: sugar beet planting. Out at Walnut Farms, we hope to have a planting pancake breakfast, letting folks come and try walnut syrup in exchange for a bit of help laying in the rows of sugar beets.

Neither of us have planted SBs before, and we've heard they can get to be the size of a basketball. We're also planning on getting working on making the Sugar Shack livable/usable with a boil down stove, ventilation, storage for our materials, and a library. It'll be great, we hope.