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This is always one my favorite times of the year. It is when we go to the sugar bush to make maple syrup. For almost twenty years I have been writing about going to the sugar bush and I worry sometimes that I will repeat myself.
The basics are the same, the snow, the sun, and the quiet of the woods. Also the trees, the kettle, the firewood, the drill, the taps. I guess the only real difference is who will visit. There were two cords of seasoned firewood waiting, two kettles and 192 new milk jugs from a Duluth dairy. We were ready.
This is always one my favorite times of the year. It is when we go to the sugar bush to make maple syrup. For almost twenty years I have been writing about going to the sugar bush and I worry sometimes that I will repeat myself.
The basics are the same, the snow, the sun, and the quiet of the woods. Also the trees, the kettle, the firewood, the drill, the taps. I guess the only real difference is who will visit. There were two cords of seasoned firewood waiting, two kettles and 192 new milk jugs from a Duluth dairy. We were ready.
