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A blue/purple crocus flower blooming through a bed of pine needles

End of the season approaching

A mason jar with a quilted pattern in the glass containing clear amber maple syrup. In the background is the trunk of a large sugar maple tree

Finished syrup at last!

Boil cancelled today

A biochar stove made from a 55 gallon steel drum that is full of charcoal floating in water

The sap ran, and then ran away!

A reverse osmosis system filtering maple sap. It mostly looks like a bunch of white buckets with tubes running between them.

New Tech Down At The Sugarbush

A small log-cabin-style campfire in the early stages of ignition

The Boil Begins!