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Gerry at Farm Squared
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Sap in Reserve
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Duncan with Batch 2
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Watching the Kettle Boil
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... and more Boiling
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Boiling....
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Skimming
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Not Done, but we had to travel
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Much Reduced
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Gerry & the Gator Collecting
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Boil Damn You!
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Brussel Sprouts in Maple Sap
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Deck Chives & Maple syrup
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Okay what would you do? Dessert mystery box has lard, mixed frozen fruit, duck eggs and maple syrup. #discoveredchefs @nellacucina
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Lunch of smoked turkey, green salad and fresh maple syrup dressing. That's fresh maple syrup... Mmmm
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One bottle from every batch this sugaring season. Refraction in action.
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Our first and final maple syrup batches side-by-side. The colour variation is due to the seasonal progression of the sap not, as many people presume, caramelization in the boiling process. The light bottle is Canadian Grade A Extra light (or Golden), aka
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Sometimes you have to improvise to get the sap thawed and boiled off. (No, I should not be using an enamel pan to do this. It's a test with the b-grade end-of-season slight-bud flavoured sap. (No, not that bud))
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And our latest maple syrup production yielded 1.5c of fancy grade tastiness. And today yielded the largest & cleanest sap haul to date! Working on that sap now.
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Object lesson on staying alert and paying close attention when making maple syrup
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One final filter on this morning's syrup. Beautiful Fancy-grade syrup.
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Homemade maple syrup FTW! I did one final filter and then used the filtered yumminess on my breakfast - potato scone bread french toast & bacon this morning. Because why waste the b-grade filtered out syrup just because it's cloudy? SO GOOD!
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Because even a little sap can produce enough maple syrup to make me smile!
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My weekend of tap, nap, check, repeat.
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Today I tapped my first tree, and the sap is flowing!
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The fruits of our labour! Sappy right? #maplesugaring #sap #bucket #full #ice #homesteading #diy #Ontario #LexGoFurther
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And our next fire is not for smoke but for sugaring! 100 litres of sap to boil off. #maplesugaring #sap #fire #boil #sugaring #maplesyrup #selfie #homesteading #diy #Ontario #LexGoFurther
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And our next fire is not for smoke but for sugaring! 100 litres of sap to boil off. #maplesugaring #sap #fire #boil #sugaring #maplesyrup #selfie #homesteading #diy #Ontario #LexGoFurther
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Toasting my breakfast biscuits by the sugaring fire. Does a holiday Monday get better? (The answer is no) #viewfromhere #breakfast #biscuits #fire #morning #toast #heat #woodfire #tudorbiscuitworld #happiness #morningfire #sugaring #LexGoFurther
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