NH Maple Weekend. March 15th and 16th
YES, we will be open for Maple Weekend. March 15th and 16th from 10am to 3pm both days rain or shine. I will have all the favorites Maple cream, candy, BBQ sauce, seasonings, mustard and of course maple syrup. So far has been all Dark/Robust grade with a little bit of amber/rich but I usually don't make enough to sell because I use that for my candy and confection. We are excited to have people out in the mud getting their boots and shoes dirty and smelling the sweet steam.
We will have some samples for everyone to try. Some light refreshments coffee, hot chocolate stuff like that. My Wife will have her yurt studio open but you will need to take your shoes off in there. You will see why if you haven't been in there it is a very unique space and I highly recommend you check it out even if you are not into art.
We haven't picked a charity yet. How the charity works we set out a jar to help and collect donations for the refreshments which is totally ooptional and what ever is in the jar I match 100% dollar for dollar to our Charity. Some years we donate $300 to $350 We have donated to animal rescues, baby animal rescues, miniture horse rescue, NHASPCA, Mary's dogs, LAX for cancer and a few others not sure how much have donated over the years but it is getting up there. We try to keep it as local as possible.
So with the rising costs of e-commerce online shopping. (the costs have doubled) I have decided to do a product/sales page. I won't have it up until after the maple season is over but how it will work is you can contact me via email with what you would like and I will calculate shipping and you can pay via venmo or credit card. Once I have confirmation of payment then I send off the package. I know its a little longer of a process but it will save you money in the long run. I have been doing this as of late and it seems to be working quite well. I have seen a few other small business go this route lately with the costs going up so high. Until I have that up please feel free to contact me at my email: Bradrice@comcast.net. If you are local we can schedule a ball park time for pick up at the farm stand and you can leave the money in the Box. Cash or checks made out to Willow Creek Sugarhouse or Brad Rice. or I can ship it.
So after 20 years in our home, with mixed emotions we have made the difficult decision of moving. We are selling our house, eventually, and moving to Vermont. My wife Heather has taken a job in Vermont and started work January 6th. We decided it was best for me to stay at our house in East Kingston and take care of it through the winter and do my last maple season here in New Hampshire. We have 1 kid completely out of the house, she now lives in Exeter and got a great job in Portsmouth as a Jr. Graphic Design artist. My other one is going to school in Washington DC. majoring in political science, great place for it and doing extremely well. He loves it down there.
We failed to sell our house in fall time as the house market kinda crashed and we couldn't find a place that checked all the boxes in Vermont. We are looking to expand the maple business and add on taps. We are looking for a much bigger piece of property to do just that. It has been a challenge trying to find a good house and enough tappable maples on the same property. Still looking!!! We will miss everything we have built here, all of our friends and the best neighbors anyone could ask for. Thank you to the many people that have supported us and my maple habit over the years. Once we are up and running again I will be sure to post it everywhere. We are looking for a place just outside of Montpellier.
We will be open for our last NH Maple Weekend this year in March.
I do have 2 hives that are doing very well hopefully they will last the winter. I decided to not take the honey off hives I left it for them. So I do not have honey for sale we are keeping the limited amount for ourselves.
Our chicken are getting older but still laying. We are getting enough for our use only and will not have any for sale. sorry.
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