Thank you so much, appreciate the kind words! If you liked that one, part two is live now (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o75znNyovL3UY3U.htmlsi=TRFuSc4KFk8mjbZW) and part three should be out Friday! See you have a channel, I know what I'll be watching this afternoon while boiling our sap 🍁😀

Thank you! It's always fun to make and pleased we're getting better at it each year. Fingers crossed we get a good batch with the way the weather is. I think we'll be fine, but man alive she's throwing curve balls daily.

lol, thank you!!! I was telling Ms. Lady about you not being able to boil a couple nights ago, and she was equally "aw mannnn" as I was. That said, I would LOVE four feet of snow. Snow AND sap is my favourite. Are your temperatures back to winter, or are you still looking spring like?

@@simplewoodslife temps have been around four or five the past week during the day and around minus five at night .we really didn't have cold this year.i think if memory serves me right our lowest was minus sixteen including wind chill

@wallymacmillan5696 About the same here.. we had a few days -20 but then back to -5 to -10 for the most part. Light sweater weather really 😂

Journey for the win! We have a few farms around us with some super impressive installations. All vacuum lines and sugar shacks bigger than a garage, but I bet at the end of the day they're still have just as much fun... I'd hope so anyway.

Thank you for coming along!!! It's been a strange season this year. Yesterday was spring, today there's a weather warning for 80km/h winds and a sudden sub-zero drop in temperature. The only thing constant is my headache from the barometric pressure 😂 Feel free to take a look at our first and second sap boil videos if you haven't already. Was able to get out this week and grap close to another 38 litres, and if I can get there before the monsoon starts today, hopefully there's at least another 19. That will make for a decent boil #3 this week. Have a great day too!

Thanks for replying I'm from western Maine and it just started to run I got 60gal this morning I've have 65 trees taped just a small sugar bush hope you have a great season

@@Mike-cc2eu That's a great haul! We pulled in substantially less than that Tuesday (about 7 gallons), but are operating with 18 trees and the weirdest weather I've ever seen. As I type this is below 0 and snowing. This morning I was in a t-shirt and the grass was green. Who knows. But all of that aside, wishing you a great season as well! Are you doing the 65 trees with pails, or running any lines? I took the train and spent a summer when I was 16 in Vermont at my Uncle's place, repainting their house. It was hot, but New England was gorgeous and you could have told me I was still in Canada and I would've believed you. Lovely country you have down there. Take care!

I don't run lines I've got pails and snowshoes it's my outdoor gym

@@Mike-cc2eu lol, love that. Cardio it up!

Carl is NO JOKE! lol. I don't know if you've ever encountered something as fierce as the Canadian goose, but with a wingspan that can get up to 6' these cobra chickens are not to be trifled with! I still don't understand the groundhog. Every year we hear about the predictions and then they seem to let it slide if he's wrong.. Figured it has something to do with a Weather Network connection, both of them protecting each other likely 😂

@@simplewoodslife yes I was totally serious about Carl picking you up too, the ganders are the worse, one time one chased my little brother and tried to rip his pants off by grabbing at the belt line, totally unprevoked, my parents had to rescue him as it would not quit chasing him but yet never bothered the rest of us and it was not nesting season.

@NatureInspiredSnipsnSnaps 😮😮😮 How is Canada regarded as such a polite nation, and yet our identity is so intertwined with these hissing sacks of anger? I hope your brother was okay when all was said and done. Safe to say he doesn't have a special part in his heart for these birds 😜

Thank you!! 😊 Mind you the weather has flipped a 180 on us, so who knows what's in store next.

😊 I hope you do! Welcome to it, glad to have you along! There's loads of videos in the library to look at until I figure out what's going on for next weeks upload, but if you're in to maple syrup, last years playlist is here: kzfaq.info/sun/PLhzy9Y-xPUq_ZuBlOIMZFc6YXwxR6nAwu Speak soon!

Glad you dug last years shenanigans! 😂😂 The drill worked great, but also think it's time to invest in a new battery operated one as it makes things quicker. Those were river otters on the ice. They bring up larger fish and snack on the ice itself. Friendly little things, and super curious too. Not sure if you saw my final paddle of 2023 (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gsh-Zrp-kpmugIU.html) but they were following me on that outing. I've heard of folks getting attacked by them when riding sups or kayaks, but in those instances I think folks invited them up and thought they were a pet. Nature's gonna bite.

Oh I like that better... Carl is the reason for the change in weather - totally takes me off the hook for having to become some kind of military weapon. Geese are the worst. Although at the same time pretty majestic in a photo or painting. Totally agree with the youth observation, but also do my best to ignore my age at every turn. To quote the Step Brothers movie night goggles scene; "Can you imagine if we had these when we were 12? Even better. We got 'em when we're 40". Yep. I just used a Step Brothers quote in line with Shaw's quote of "wisdom being wasted on the youth". I don't regret it either.

I figured it was that... Like I said in the video, sheds, woodsheds, decks, stairs, gardens, bunkies and porches... this thing doesn't owe me a dollar. I've had sockets on it driving bolts that I'm sure it was never intended for... and while the manual old-timey drill was a romantic addition to the mix, it was a bit of a pain. I do like simple, but I also like machines. 102 taps... whew, I barely made it 6 on two batteries.

🤩 Thank you! I'm just about to light the bbq for some Peruvian chicken I've had marinating all day, but will definitely check that out this evening. Is your sap still running? Our days went hot and she slowed right down, but we're cooling back off so hopefully we get more tomorrow. Would like to get enough to do an inaugural boil next weekend.

Jay the sap has stopped flowing. It’s been warm here the last couple days like in the 50s during the day a high 30s at night. But I did manage to get 30 + or - gallons of sap. All most done boiling here and watching the Super Bowl on my iPad in the sugar shack lol.

@thejackhomestead8638 Super Bowl on the iPad and boiling sap - that's an awesome evening!🎉

Was awesome till KC won lol jk.