Sugaring

It's spring here in Maine. 

I know with the snow on the ground, some folks might question that assertion, but this is what spring, in Maine, looks like - muddy wet snow and sap collecting buckets.  

Little Fire Faery and I collected a couple of gallons of sap today.  It's on the woodstove, where we'll just let it slow simmer down to syrup (maybe a pint once it concentrates). 

Tomorrow the mercury is predicted to take a nosedive into the sub-zero temps, and anything we collect for the next day or two is likely to be frozen.  We'll collect again when it thaws.

That's spring.  That's Maine.  That's this "farm" life.