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!!

Lots of boxes to fill

We’re off to a great start with bottling, but these boxes are all still empty.

Ending the season with good things

Well, we ended up with approximately 100 more gallons of finished syrup than last season which is a good thing.

We have plans to bottle this coming weekend and will have syrup available for sale next week which is also a good thing.

And the replacement parts came for our new sign which is a great thing.



Stay tuned for our Summer Farmers Market schedule.