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| Recycled outdoor stove |
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| First boiling stove on the right, second on the left |
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| Feeding the fire |
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| Carrying new buckets to collect the fresh sap |
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| Bucket that's been collecting sap overnight |
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| Tammy explaining the process to the big kids |
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| Fresh sap (I didn't know it started out clear) |
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| Straining out all the little flies and bugs |
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| The strained sap goes into the first boiler pan |
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| It'll boil here for hours and hours |
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| The second boiler pan - after it's gone through several boilings. All of a sudden it's brown! |
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| No way...I can't believe how delicious this stuff is. |
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| Let me just get a little taste |
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| Spigot from side of second boiler pan drains almost ready syrup into big kitchen pot |
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| Just one more taste |
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| Let me help!! |
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| I'm in pure maple heaven! |
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| Sterilizing the jars |
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| Final boil - this time to a specific temperature |
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| And finally pouring the ready syrup into the sterilized jars |
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