Now that the tapping is done, we can get on with the rest of the syrup-making process at Emerald Mountain Farm. As the days grow warmer and the nights continue to drop below freezing, the sap begins to flow. All around you, you can hear the steady dripping of sap falling into metal buckets. Spring has finally arrived! It's been an interesting process as we try new things and find what works best for us in our collecting and boiling. It has continued to be mostly cloudy,

One of the reasons I love being a maple farmer is that winter never seems very long. In February, the maple farmers start laying out their plans for the season, and many of the ones with larger farms go out to tap their trees. This year we have had a very long winter. Snow covered the ground around the first of November, and the cold weather has stayed with us ever since. We also go alot of snow, so we have hardly seen a ray of sunshine in the past five months. It's time

The fabulous winter we have been having. There has been so much snow that it feels like an old-fashioned winter, which I personally find refreshing after all the half-hearted winters we've had over the past several years. I have really enjoyed all the different kinds of snow we've had; wet and heavy, sparkly shards, fluffy and light, gentle, harsh. And to see it hanging on every evergreen branch at our farm is like living a postcard. The fact the days are getting longer. Sug

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