Announcements

Thank you to everyone that came out for our last maple season in NH.  We sold out of every which was our goal.  It was a great weekend and got see so many of my customers, friends and neighbors that have been so good to us over the years.  It was a really great good-bye. 

We did sell our house in East Kingston and closed May 15th of 2025.  It was a very emotional day for us.   The people that ended up buying the house are just what we wanted, a couple with 2 young boys that will make their own memories and love the house and the property as much as we did.  It is a very special place.  Although won't be doing maple on a commercial level.  just for themselves so they will get some use out of the sugarhouse and maple trees.

We ended up renting a house in Waterbury, VT for the summer and found a post and beam(timber frame) house in Washington, VT about half an hour south of Montpelier, VT with 22.5 acres and about 700 maple trees and a lot more on the surrounding properties that I will asking permition to tap.  We closed on July 31st and moved in mid August after all of our stuff was moved up from NH and from storage in Williston.  We are almost whole except for 1 beehive that we have at the old house which I will be going down to pick up very soon.  

I sold my evaporator which I was very sad to part with I made delicious syrup on it for 15 years.  The folks at Alternative sales purchased it as they are expanding they make syrup to sell and donate most of what they make.  I hope everyone can get over there and buy some syrup and donate to some great causes.  

I got a job at U32 High School as cafe kitchen manager.  It has its challenges like everywhere but I still miss the folks at Exeter High school and that beautiful state of the art kitchen.    

I have been marking trees are trying to figure out the best method of attack for running tubing in the woods.  I am up to 500 marked so far.   We have a spot picked out for the chicken/ turkey coupe that will begin soon and a spot for the sugarhouse and yurt that will begin next summer.  In the mean time I will need to get some tree work done land cleared and get a building plan together where the sugarhouse will be and start running tubing.  I am hoping to tap about 100 taps this spring although I will have to get a little evaporator together and do a little plumbing to get the RO together with some new membranes.  I will need to do that very soon so I have something to boil on and make a little syrup.  

So thanks for reading hopefully I will have some syrup to sell by next spring.  Looking forward to sugaring in VT with 99% sugar maples. It will definitely be different than the 80 % swamp red maples.  it will have its own challenges going from working a flat swamp to steep hill sides.  Stay tuned for the updates and picture as we progress hoping for a 2027 grand opening of my new operation.