OUR OUTDOOR SELLING SEASON IS ALMOST OVER

Only one more opportunity on our schedule to sell outdoors!  Next Saturday, 10/26 at the Buffalo Farmers Market.  8-Noon.  Then we move indoors.  Please check-out our upcoming Fall/Winter Indoor Schedule!

2019 Syrup Season is all wrapped-up!!

Our garage went from a bottling station to a bucket-washing station overnight. We finished with a decent harvest this year, up from the previous two seasons with over half of our syrup flowing after the April snowstorm!! It saved our season! Please check-out our Summer Farmers Market schedules. Look forward to seeing you there!

4-Wheeler in distress. Dozer to the rescue....

The trees ran during the storm....

The trees ran during the storm, but not 'crazy' as we had anticipated, but enough for us to collect today and cook tonight (Friday). Also enough to extend our season by another week or so.

Winter Storm Warning in your area....

After the sap we collected yesterday was not crystal-clear, we might think our season is wrapping-up. But today's storm warning is a perfect way to bump an 'okay' season to a 'super' season. The trees tend to run wild with the low pressure that accompanies a storm front. So not everybody grumbles about SNOW in APRIL.

Friday night at the Shak

We’ll have the stove going tonight at the Shak, but looking at the temps for the weekend looks like tonight will be it until temps cool-off again next week. The season’s NOT over.

Just shy of 600 gallons today.....

So yes, we'll be cooking at the Shak tonight.

Hopeful for a good day...

We had some decent collecting days this week and were able to cook down what was collected the same day. Yesterday (Thursday) the trees took a break but we’re hopeful they run today, which means we’d cook at the Shak on Sat night. Stay tuned.

We’re ready!

We finished our prep last night, including mounting a new tank on the front of the skidsteer...AND the trees are running! See the 3/4 full bucket? Definitely cooking at the Shak tonight.

One more day of prep needed....

We have sap to cook, but need one more day of prep at the Shak before we can begin making syrup. Hopefully we’re ready tomorrow!

Enough sap to fill the pans for the first cook of the season

Well.....we've got all the the trees tapped and have collected just enough sap to fill the pans for our first cook of the season! The 4-wheeler and gator are ready with tanks. Still have a little work to do on the skidsteer getting a tank mounted on the front so we don't have to lift the full buckets as high as we did last year (for us shorter......maybe not as strong collectors). Might be cooking as soon as tomorrow evening!

Hardest worker in the woods........

So far this year the hardest worker in the woods goes to a machine!! We load-up the skidsteer's snow bucket with buckets, taps, and lids and it's our way of hauling our supplies out to the the woods. Usually we pull a trailer behind a 4-wheeler, but this year there's just too much snow. We've got about 3/4 of our trees tapped and hope to finish tomorrow. Then our focus will be on getting the Sugar Shak ready.

Spring Showers Bring .......

We're hoping these Spring Showers bring 'Melting Powers!' The forecast would lead us to believe that the trees may start running next week, but the snow is VERY deep in the woods! Up the to deers' tails shall we say? That makes for pretty tough tapping conditions for we humans. Stay tuned.

Monticello March 16 Indoor Farmers Market

We will be selling Barthel's River Road Gold Maple Syrup at the March 16 Indoor Monticello Farmers Market from 9:00-1:00 at the Monticello Community Center. The Monticello Women of Today will also be hosting a Craft Sale that day at the same location. Hope to see you there.

Syrup still available

We have syrup left, but won't have presence at Jan/Feb markets. Please contact us via email if you'd like to arrange a purchase. Thank you!!