This is a old photo from a couple years ago but the time for planning is now. I have a dear friend that as said that I am allowed to tap some of her big maples, I am hoping to do four big tree’s this year,  I never said that I was doing a huge Maple syrup season now did I 🙂

It will be enough to make some for ourselves and for gifts for the homemade family Christmas of 2014..

I am so looking forward to this Christmas, so many things planned now, new seed orders for really hot peppers for Big Brother, new little tiny red popcorn seeds for growing popcorn for stocking stuffers, New seed and book orders for how to grow and make gourd bird house, both for gifts and for the farm, also a second one that is said to be able to be made into gift bowls.. we will see if I have any talent there or not LOL

I am going to see if I can make my mother in law her favorite maple sugar but with our own maple, I am hoping to make some maple candy lollipops.

But the big one that I am drooling about is making some maple sausages and making my maple corned beef, o my, o my, if you have never cooked something in maple water, well let me tell ya, its something else..  the flavour is out of this world good!

Add in a little crabapple smoke and its heaven in each slice.. Now I need to figure out taps, buckets and all the other bits, some this year is going over a fire and some is going over propane, it gives such a different looks, taste depending on how its done.