I was finally able to get together with a homesteading buddy to work on our top bar hives last night. It was a hoot.
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One weekend down, more to go. We’ve been sugaring.
I was able to work from home last Friday (woohoo) because the Internet was wonky at the office, so I snuck off to start boiling (in all honesty, I did work while I was there – yeah for wireless). We ended up getting just over a gallon of syrup. Yummy stuff.
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It’s early March in Michigan. The temperature is starting to get above freezing during the day before dropping back down to the low 30′s at night. The snow is starting to burn away in the spots that are getting sunlight.
It’s the season for making maple syrup!
This past weekend we went out to my folk’s house to set up the sugarbush. For the uninitiated, a sugarbush is the group of sugar maple trees that you tap for making syrup.
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Here’s a set of photos from a grape jelly session in 2007. Cara, Jason, Amy and I put up quite a few pints. We got the Concord grapes from the vineyard near my parent’s house.
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Another random assortment of older pics. Gwen, Rohan and Maggie over the past several years. Most were taken in Michigan. The featured pic (the one on the homepage) is Rohan in 08 at the Kalamazoo Nature Center.
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This is a group of random flower photos from the last few years. They were all taken in the Kalamazoo area. Locations include the Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kindleberger Park in Parchment, Channel 3′s front yard and a couple other locations.
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