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The sap is running at the neighbors maple sugaring operation. Below are photos from this afternoon at Lorien Woods.




Rick stokes the wood fired arch, which keeps the sap at various stages of a steady boil. It takes 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup.

Don looks on while Jerry pours raw sap into the final boil, thinning the product to a perfect density.

The first pour is less only a few tablespoons, into a grade jar.

The grade jar is then held to the light and sight matched to one of the four standards. The sap today was yeilding a very light fancy grade.

Pouring off the final product.