Moving On…
Sugaring season is finally finished, my last batch of syrup was bottled up on Sunday. I thought the season was over the previous weekend, but the trees decided to flow like crazy for one more day this past Thursday. After collected 25 gallons of sap I added another half gallon to my finally tally, which was a pint or two over five gallons.
On Saturday I gathered up all of my jars and removed all the spiles from the trees. I hadn’t counted when I put them, so I counted as I washed. 42 taps were put in probably about 35 trees. That’s a lot of jars to wash!
One of things I love about sugaring is watching how the syrup changes color throughout the season. We’ve noticed that the first batch is always dark and the second is always light. Third and fourth batches area always dark as well. Such an interesting process to watch. Next year I’m hoping to tap a few birch trees as well, this year I just didn’t have the energy to content collecting and boiling sap.
Do you like light or dark maple syrup?
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AH…..The Sun
I’m soaking it up, I love the sun this time of year, it’s not quite as hot as it is in the heat of the summer.
I try to spend some time outside every day to soak up some vitamin D.
How’s the sun in your garden, is it still nice or is it starting to get hot?
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And So It Begins Again…
What? Weeding of course…
My biggest opponent is quack or couch grass. It’s a tenacious foe, but I will come out on top! Last year I battled valiantly and it receded, this year will be the same. Perhaps by next year I will have it eradicated from the potager behind the house and most of the big garden behind the garage.
What’s your most tenacious weed?
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Planting Onion Sets
Last summer I harvested all my onions and set aside the super small ones to use as onion sets this year. I prefer growing onions from seed, but figured I’d rather plant these than spend the time trying to cut them up. I planted them shoulder to shoulder and plan on harvesting many of them as green onions. I will leave some to see if they bulb up or if they try to set seed. Some of these onions were from seed that I sowed very closely just to produce small onion sets.
I love green onions and really like how set planted onions produce green onions really quickly. I have some in a planter in a sunny window that are almost big enough to start harvesting. Next year I hope to grow them all winter long so I can enjoy freely chopped onions with my breakfast regularly!
Do you like green onions?
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Spring in His Step
Someone is very happy that spring has finally arrived. Dexter has been scampering around the garden having a good time. He goes out in the winter, but doesn’t stay out nearly as long as he does in the spring. You can tell he’s happy, he runs around the garden following me wherever I go.
I know exactly how he feels – do you?
