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 Maple Sugaring with David & Nancy Borden

Maple sugaring in Salisbury, NH, on March 5, 2016.
The weather was sunny with temperatures in the low 30s, just mild enough for sap to be running.

Photography is by Jim Cerny using a Sony SLT A57 digital camera with Sony 18-250mm lens.
All images are copyrighted by Jim unless otherwise credited — contact me at: (jimcerny2) at (gmail.com)

(Last updated 2016-03-18)

Related links:
The Maple Sugar Book —Helen and Scott Nearing's classic from 1950.
Build a paper model sugar house — and read about the history of maple syrup.
NH Maple Producers Association — a directory of farms.
Maple Trader — forum for maple producers.

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David and Nancy in sugaring garb.
David and Nancy in sugaring garb.		 Sugar bush (rectangle) and sugar house (dot) relative to cabins.
Sugar bush (rectangle) and sugar house (dot) relative to cabins.		 Salisbury temperatures, March 2015.
Salisbury temperatures, March 2015.		 Woods near the sugar house.
Woods near the sugar house.
Sugar house for boiling sap, front view.
Sugar house for boiling sap, front view.		 Sugar house for boiling sap, back view.
Sugar house for boiling sap, back view.		 Sugar house - back gable and vents detail.
Sugar house - back gable and vents detail.		 Gathering tank for gravity feed to sugar house.
Gathering tank for gravity feed to sugar house.
Sugar house vent - exterior.
Sugar house vent - exterior.		 Sugar house venting - interior.
Sugar house venting - interior.		 The evaporator in the sugar house.
The evaporator in the sugar house.		 Boiling sap - close up.
Boiling sap - close up.
Nancy with ladle, seen through vapors.
Nancy with ladle, seen through vapors.		 David with fire wood supply
David with fire wood supply		 David feeding fire.
David feeding fire.		 The fire box.
The fire box.
Nancy testing syrup with ladle.
Nancy testing syrup with ladle.		 Ladle for testing syrup consistency.
Ladle for testing syrup consistency.		 Drawing off and filtering sap that is now syrup.
Drawing off and filtering sap that is now syrup.		 Bottling sap.
Bottling sap.
Finished product - jars of maple syrup.
Finished product - jars of maple syrup.		 Poster for old syrup grading system.
Poster for old syrup grading system.		 Nancy making maple sugar taffy (candy) on snow.
Nancy making maple sugar taffy (candy) on snow.		 No horses anymore!
No horses anymore!
Human power with buckets on a yoke.
Human power with buckets on a yoke.		 Kubota RTV 900, diesel-powered.
Kubota RTV 900, diesel-powered.		 Kubota RTV 900, four-wheel drive, with chains.
Kubota RTV 900, four-wheel drive, with chains.		 Traction spikes are highly recommended.
Traction spikes are highly recommended.
Maple tree (red, not sugar).
Maple tree (red, not sugar).		 Tools for tapping.
Tools for tapping.		 Drilling tap with bit brace.
Drilling tap with bit brace.		 David with helper, drilling a tap.
David with helper, drilling a tap.
Drilling tap with electric drill.
Drilling tap with electric drill.		 New plastic tap inserted.
New plastic tap inserted.		 Buckets hung on taps.
Buckets hung on taps.		 Taps with collection tubing.
Taps with collection tubing.
David running plastic tubing to collection drum.
David running plastic tubing to collection drum.		 Tubing for collecting sap.
Tubing for collecting sap.		 This is where we came in!
This is where we came in!		 But, wait, there's the consumption!
But, wait, there's the consumption!
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