May 13 (Friday) Some final thoughts.  I am going to stop saying that it was another unusual season.  Every season seems to be “unusual” in a different way.  Our season had a very slow start as we waited 19 days after we put out pails to collect for the first time.  But the sap ran […]

• March 8, 2022
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April 30, Tuesday Some final thoughts on our season.  This was one of our best seasons ever for several reasons.  We made just over 97 gallons of syrup, our second best season ever.  We made lots of syrup, had lots of help, and had lots of fun!  It was a season of low sugar content […]

• March 22, 2019
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April 8, Saturday Here are some final thoughts on the season.  It was another odd year due to the weather.  Whoever doesn’t think we are dealing with climate change needs to make maple syrup to know that it isn’t a myth.  It never really got cold enough at night to get the sap running good.  We […]

• March 7, 2017
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April 4, Monday We had a slow start to our season and an abrupt end.  Even though the trees aren’t budding out yet and the spring peepers aren’t peeping, the sap has quit running.  We bottled off the remaining syrup that we had and are calling an end to the season. We made just over […]

• March 11, 2016
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April 26, Saturday The pails are washed and drying in the garage.  All that is left is to wash the spiles and we do that in the dishwasher.  That’s the easiest part of the clean-up job.  It’s a wrap! April 24, Thursday The dirty job of cleaning the evaporator was completed today!  Always glad to […]

• March 27, 2014
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He is the greatest dog. Otis Eugene Wildes is our black lab and definitely the boss of the family.  He loves to collect sap and bird hunt!

• June 9, 2013
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Today we started our blog! We’ve been collecting sap and making syrup since 1995.  We’ve decided it’s time to share our story and share our product, pure Wisconsin maple syrup made from our very own sugar maple trees in Winter, Wisconsin.  It can’t get much better than this!  Plus, we have our bright red sugarshack […]

• June 8, 2013
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