What a surprise this morning to see a few inches of slush instead of a foot of sloppy, wet snow.  Between Chester and Concord it was just rain.  But on the way home tonight it was a slick and slippery ride with the late afternoon snow on top of that rain.  Brian’s boiled and packed more syrup over the last few days so we are adding to the tally daily.

Hours         Sat March 2nd    12-4 pm                Sun Mar 3rd    12-5 pm  Boiling both days

Yesterday and last night the bucket on the tree out behind the house filled up halfway with sap.  So first thing this morning Brian went out on a hopeful note to scout up some sap for boiling today.  But no luck.  Even after almost 2 hours he had only about 50 gallons to show for his efforts.  Still it was pretty out in the woods as this photo shows.

We will be home all day so if someone wants to drop in and pick up some syrup just give us a call.  603-370-0908 or 603-887-3672.

Brian went out early this morning to scout the trees and see if any sap ran yesterday.  A few had a couple inches in the buckets but not enough to boil today.  That’s the way it goes sometimes.  But we will be opening at 11 am instead of 12 since we don’t have to wait for Brian to collect.  As an added bonus today we’ll have some Maple Cupcakes from Chesters’ own E & D’s Cupcakery, LLC.  They get their maple syrup from yours truly for their maple buttercream frosting.  Yummy stuff!  Supplies will be limited today as a trial offering.

And we’re off!  as they say into a new maple season.  So far this year we are seeing much more seasonal weather than last year at this time.  With a little luck this will bode well for a good year (or at least a year better than last!).   Brian started tapping last week and with the mild temps mid-week he started collecting and boiling.  Today he expects to finish boiling off the sap from the last few days runs.  It’ll be cold today and Monday so we may not see a run again until the rain comes in on Tuesday.