We had our first run of sap over the last couple of days. The weather turned colder on Saturday but with just two days we collected about 25 gallons of sap which should yield about half a gallon after our final run Continue reading First run of the cinder block arch
Had a free day and made the best of it. We still had a couple of trees to tap, wanted to try out our new stove and do a little snowshoeing Continue reading Tapping Maple Trees & a little snowshoeing
So I did not make it to the cabin this weekend. Decided to take my kids up to Toronto For the day instead. But I did pickup this little stove at an antique dealer for $20. I found the name of the stove (title edited) – see below Continue reading РЕКОРД Primus style Paraffin Stove
Getting ready for maple syrup season. Step one was putting up the firewood pile. The next step was building a arch. So this weekend we built a cinder block maple syrup arch. Continue reading Built our Cinder Block Maple Syrup Arch
This is not much of an update… more of a visit with my daughter and dog. It has been a very busy coupe of weeks and I needed a little break. I do demo my new Aurora Fire Starter 
which worked pretty well. Continue reading Winter cabin visit