Drillin'
Drilling the tap holes in the sugar maples,
Drillin' complete
All done and ready for the taps.
Settin'
Setting the taps to begin collecting the sap.
Set Tap
Tap all set and just waiting for the sap drip.
Inspectin'
Boy inspecting the tap for the tell tale liquid drip while the father prepares the collecting jug.
Patience
is hard to come by.......
You helpin' or what?
Someone has to take the photographs
Reducin'
Beginning the long sap reduction process of approximately 33:1
Dancin'
It is a well-known fact amongst sugarin' folk that dancing makes the sap boil down faster.
Learnin'
What is not a well-known fact apparently is continous loud banging noise also helps the boil down process. Who knew?
Waitin'
Yup, there is a lot of that but then that is not always a bad thing.
Boilin'
Now we're cookin'. You get the fire roarin' to the back and then transfer the cooler sap in front to the boiling in the back until you have reduced it down to glorious syrup.
