"Sap House" update

For those of you who have an interest, here are some new photos of the Sap House we are building in the hopes of going into maple syrup production in the near future. The next step is to get the windows and doors in, the vapor barrier on (called Tyvek or Typar in this part of the country), and begin the siding process. We are going to side with live edge boards that we mill ourselves and stain. This is a "pay as you go" process and takes longer, but we'll be mostly debt-free when the project is finished. The most expensive part of the project is buying the equipment and the saplines. As you can see, not all of the snow is gone yet!!

Spring Has Arrived!!!

Just a few pictures for you to compare with an earlier post-shows how much snow we've lost in the last week or so. The temperatures have made it into the 70s this last week-today it's about 75 degrees. Mud season is in full swing, and the local roads are terrible for driving due to the frozen ground softening up underneath-takes twice as long as I'd like to get anywhere (if I still want to have any shocks and struts left!) Still, I am happy to see the warm weather come, even with the inconveniences with the roads. I have been trying to rake the lawns as they appear, instead of waiting till they are all melted out-it's easier to do them in increments. (Easier on winter-flabby muscles, also! :-) )