Preparing for 2008!
January 21st, 2008 at 9:55 pm (News)
Current Boiling Schedule!
Update: Wednesday, April 2nd
It has been a great season but all good things must come to an end. But can you believe it? It is April 2nd and we still have a little bit of sap left to boil.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 2 WILL BE THE LAST BOIL OF THE SEASON. FEEL FREE TO STOP BY, OTHERWISE WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
Wednesday, April 2: Drop-in visitors welcome from 5p - 9pm
Feel free to swing by, reservations are not necessary. Park on the street not in the driveway (and please don't block any of our neighbor's driveways). You can walk up the driveway and go around the left side of the house (follow the path). You will see the lights of the sugar house. You definitely want to bring your boots as the rain has caused a ton of mud. If you come towards dark be a bit careful, as Comcast knocked out the wire to our driveway lights so we have no lights up the driveway (bring a flashlight if you think you need it). If the sign is up at the end of the street, we are boiling because the first and last thing we do is put up and take down the sign.
There is a small (slight even) chance that tonight and tomorrow morning there will be sap flow (cold night in between two warm days). So there is a chance that we may boil for a bit on Friday night. But for certain we are cleaning and taking down tubing Saturday and Sunday. Check back to see if Friday is a go.
With over 1,700 visitors to our sugar house, thanks again for a wonderful season.
Looking for volunteers!
On Saturday April 5th, we will be cleaning our tubing around town and taking it down.
This entails filling our sap tank with water and taking a pressure washer to each collection spot. Pulling the taps out of the trees and capping the taps. While pushing pressurized water through the mainline, we unplug the taps one by one till each one is clean. Then we take down the run of tubing, roll it up, tag it, and put it in a pickup. We then move on to the next run.
We will start around 9:30am and go till about 6:00pm. We will also be cleaning and dismantling on Sunday April 6th from around 10:00am and go till about 4:00pm.
We are seeking volunteers to help. We are also seeking anyone with a pickup truck that can assist, so that we can put the cleaned tubing in a truck right away versus leaving it for a later pickup, making things more efficient. If you would like to volunteer, please send an email to info@turtlelanemaplefarm.com or call us at 978-258-2889 and leave your name and telephone number.
Depending on how the day goes and how much help we get, it is possible that we can get it finished on Saturday.
During the season we have gotten a fair amount of support from the local community, and we are greatful. We are hoping to get some of that same support for the clean up.
Many thanks!!
Paul and Kathy
We attended the Mass Maple Association’s annual meeting in January and are getting so anxious for the start of the 2008 maple season! We are working with all of the elementary schools in North Andover to schedule field trips for each of their fifteen third grade classes. We already have five other tour groups scheduled and have seven other groups we are in the final planning stages with. If you have a group and are interested in scheduling a tour, please send us an email at info@turtlelanemaplefarm.com.
