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Posted May 19, 2014 - 07:57 PM
I suppose I deserve all that for not being more specific. I am going to put my evaporator on one side and my cider mill on the other, figured I can use the same building for two different purposes, as I do syrup in the spring and hope to do the cider this fall for the first time.
If you do cider, please start a thread on that. I have never seen it done, or been involved with it, and would love to know more about it.
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Posted May 20, 2014 - 05:07 AM
Cat I will certainly do that, the cider mill I have is from the very early 1900's and I have to do some repair to it. I hope to get it ready for this fall. I will keep this thread going.
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Posted May 20, 2014 - 05:18 AM
That's what I love about the members here on GTT , you learn all sorts of interesting things , I now know about sugar shack and what outers call it , when I hear that song I will know it's not about getting a little " sugar" in it lol
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Posted May 20, 2014 - 09:33 AM
That's what I love about the members here on GTT , you learn all sorts of interesting things , I now know about sugar shack and what outers call it , when I hear that song I will know it's not about getting a little " sugar" in it lol
Al, I think you might want to read post #14 a bit closer. It may be about getting a little "Sugar" as well! 
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Posted May 20, 2014 - 02:58 PM
Got to get it where you can and when you can, sugar that is 
. I am on the lookout for a hit and miss engine to power the apple grinder, it needs to be around 2hp or a little better and close enough so I can get it.
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Posted May 26, 2014 - 08:55 PM
Had a few minutes tonight, got some wore work done. weather is supposed to be bad this week so I may have to take break from it. Well at leas the walls are up.
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Posted June 08, 2014 - 08:17 PM
Wow ! i missed this, been so busy, looking good Pete
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Posted June 08, 2014 - 09:00 PM
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Posted June 08, 2014 - 09:09 PM
Let's make it unanimous. I like using the old wood along side the new.
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Posted June 09, 2014 - 06:03 AM
That's looking real good!
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Posted June 22, 2014 - 08:42 PM
Got more work done over the last week, got a killer deal on the shingle's. Curtis had them on sale $15 a bundle on 30 year slate looking asphalt. got 10 bundles with the ridge caps for under $200. Hopefully I can scrap the truck this week and get the rest of the stuff for the roof, The I can call my brother in law, he is a roofer and will do the work for cheap
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Posted June 29, 2014 - 09:04 PM
Spent the weekend out in the sugar house, got lots of work done. Beginning to look like something now
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Posted June 29, 2014 - 09:37 PM
This may seem like a silly question but what is a sugar house? Whatever it is you're off to a good start.
I was waiting for someone to ask that so I didn't have to lol
That is what I was thinking Will, but you explained it a whole lot better than I would have. I was like Brian and Al and figured if I waited, the mystery would be explained.
I'm sorry, but this made me laugh a little. Being a native Vermonter I have been raised to appreciate the sugaring industry. Many family members and friends have their own "sugar houses" (as they are called here) and make their own syrup. Naturally, I can only eat real maple syrup. No tolerance for that Aunt Jemima stuff.
