tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post8589741655274926389..comments2024-03-25T13:23:26.257-05:00Comments on homespun living: our sugarin' storyhomespun livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07520148530306239072noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-80884717075156484752009-03-26T22:51:00.000-05:002009-03-26T22:51:00.000-05:00Greetings from Oklahoma! I'm linking to your suga...Greetings from Oklahoma! I'm linking to your sugarin' story for my March 31st post. It's a virtual bloggy breakfast with someone else's pancakes and your syrup. I hope you don't mind! I've enjoyed what I've read of your blog, and have added you to my favorites list. Blessings! TammyGoodPlanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691817287827509084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-68813243685499032572009-03-12T18:45:00.000-05:002009-03-12T18:45:00.000-05:00I live in "maple syrup country" myself (Vermont), ...I live in "maple syrup country" myself (Vermont), but I've never seen a sugar shack as creative as yours!<BR/><BR/>There's nothing like the smell of sugar making in the spring.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your syrup!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-72093398518532658332009-03-10T11:30:00.000-05:002009-03-10T11:30:00.000-05:00I am blogging our very simple version of maple sug...I am blogging our very simple version of maple sugaring as well.<BR/>Thanks for sharing. It is a wonderful process and worth all the work.<BR/>Blessings,<BR/>TonyaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-78400588971906009332009-03-09T12:44:00.000-05:002009-03-09T12:44:00.000-05:00Wow!! I love that. How great that you were able ...Wow!! I love that. How great that you were able to make your own maple syrup. It sounds like a lot of hard work but well worth it.<BR/>RuthRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211297812600845018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-24370517562555674042009-03-08T22:11:00.000-05:002009-03-08T22:11:00.000-05:00Deb ~ I will have to get my younger three children...Deb ~ I will have to get my younger three children to see this post. They listen to LHP CD's almost every night when going to bed ... and quote much of it back to the rest of us at mealtimes. They will love your pictures!<BR/><BR/>So glad to see you had a good trip to Florida. It is certainly one of the nicest times of the year to visit. I hope you even got to see a few early azaleas in bloom (I know March is when they really burst forth down there). Praying your mom is doing well.Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724180634582208804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-48609506956334343272009-03-07T23:35:00.000-05:002009-03-07T23:35:00.000-05:00Wow, what a project. I would love to live where w...Wow, what a project. I would love to live where we could harvest maple syrup.Trixihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196019426959996853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-67633594840639337332009-03-07T08:18:00.000-05:002009-03-07T08:18:00.000-05:00This was a fun post to read. I love how you inter...This was a fun post to read. I love how you interspersed it with the "Little House" quotes. I absolutely couldn't believe that all that syrup came down to 1 pint. Unbelievable.Shelley in SChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02574849424285401396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-12966775738444049792009-03-06T07:09:00.000-05:002009-03-06T07:09:00.000-05:00Wow - with that much effort I can see why they cha...Wow - with that much effort I can see why they charge so much for it here in the UK :o)Sew Create It - Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042708937494415876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-50532518717741450842009-03-05T22:57:00.000-05:002009-03-05T22:57:00.000-05:00That is an incredible story. So much work. I bet t...That is an incredible story. So much work. I bet the syrup was wonderful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-13430903513537860542009-03-05T19:43:00.000-05:002009-03-05T19:43:00.000-05:00My, how wonderful.My, how wonderful.Hill upon Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295311920146857840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-60645266010581629662009-03-05T14:30:00.000-05:002009-03-05T14:30:00.000-05:00I am so totally impressed! Thank you for sharing!I am so totally impressed! Thank you for sharing!Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145309608741944199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-63457600376068527872009-03-05T10:16:00.000-05:002009-03-05T10:16:00.000-05:00This was so much fun to read, I felt like I was th...This was so much fun to read, I felt like I was there. There is something special about making maple syrup. They make maple syrup where my son goes to school in VT. The school sell it at their school store and every year I ask my son to buy me a bottle of it. The money goes to help support the school. It sells out really fast. Enjoy your syrup, you made "work" sound like so much fun and the end results are worth the time!<BR/>MarthaMarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060218757692910528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-79581378736374477442009-03-05T10:08:00.000-05:002009-03-05T10:08:00.000-05:00what a fantastic account! Thank you. My great un...what a fantastic account! Thank you. My great uncle owned a syrup farm north of toronto and I remember seeing huge vats about 8ft x 4ft and 2ft deep sitting above a bed of wood fire with a thin liquid in slowly simmering down. Hmm now I wonder if I could get sugar maples to grow in the scottish hebridean islands :DHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327105310326937424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-49344793017884853232009-03-05T08:03:00.000-05:002009-03-05T08:03:00.000-05:00You've brought back such a happy memory - me being...You've brought back such a happy memory - me being "big enough" to read my Big Sister's Laura Ingalls Wilder books.<BR/><BR/>I so remember reading about the collecting and making the maple syrup without having a clue as to what it was all about.<BR/><BR/>From a visit to canada in the late 1990s my folks were gifted with a large jug shaped container of Maple Syrup. It sits in the back of their fridge and I must rescue it next time I'm visiting them (only a couple of months away). Dear Mum doesn't understand just what glorious treasure she has there. The one time we ate some she thought it was too thin. Must email Dad ASAP<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your maple syrup glory, relish each drip,<BR/>with huggles and sincere care, Michelle in New ZealandMickle in NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10432796020646607634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-15318885204818038092009-03-05T03:49:00.000-05:002009-03-05T03:49:00.000-05:00Fantastic post! I loved reading how you and your ...Fantastic post! I loved reading how you and your hubby made syrup!<BR/>Amazing how much sap goes into a little container of maple syrup!!<BR/>Mary AnnMary Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09743093403854831283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-64004759965789491052009-03-05T01:46:00.000-05:002009-03-05T01:46:00.000-05:00Lovely post. (And I thought I was the only one who...Lovely post. (And I thought I was the only one who saved Cracker Barrel syrup bottles!)aoihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14735194223582169047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-14524973470419266612009-03-04T22:08:00.000-05:002009-03-04T22:08:00.000-05:00No wonder maple syrup is so expensive! I think I w...No wonder maple syrup is so expensive! I think I won't grumble as much when I buy it. What a lot of work!<BR/><BR/>Fascinating post.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04944020026020948429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-20700855324650855992009-03-04T20:55:00.000-05:002009-03-04T20:55:00.000-05:00Oh how yummy fresh maple syrup! Enjoy it.God bless...Oh how yummy fresh maple syrup! Enjoy it.<BR/><BR/>God bless.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16051183778965359500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-39597012670425598042009-03-04T19:55:00.000-05:002009-03-04T19:55:00.000-05:00Oh my, I can smell it now! And all that time and e...Oh my, I can smell it now! And all that time and effort. I will never look at a bottle of real maple syrup the same.life in red shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04062702155081478369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-7316532754722162982009-03-04T16:29:00.000-05:002009-03-04T16:29:00.000-05:00Oh Wow what a process! I love the Little House tie...Oh Wow what a process! I love the Little House tie-in! Little House is my Favorite all time books! I just want to know would you do it all again next year?!!<BR/><BR/>JenniferJenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10417304907810216133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-51842543733658065132009-03-04T09:50:00.000-05:002009-03-04T09:50:00.000-05:00What a really great post about sugaring, a process...What a really great post about sugaring, a process of which I know absolutely nothing. I certainly did not realize the complexities involved. Just reading about it and seeing that finished bottle at the end makes me want to jump up and make pancakes. Thank you for sharing this adventure.Junie Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08561131734782279400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-28296530536308957712009-03-04T08:50:00.000-05:002009-03-04T08:50:00.000-05:00How neat!!! Thank you for sharing that with us! I ...How neat!!! Thank you for sharing that with us! I can't believe it takes that much sap to make so little syrup!!!! WOW!Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03118653637763160580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-23370100100749050262009-03-04T08:08:00.000-05:002009-03-04T08:08:00.000-05:00What a great post Deb! How impressive to have you...What a great post Deb! How impressive to have your OWN syrup.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13874781381364710459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-53328099471442928952009-03-04T06:06:00.000-05:002009-03-04T06:06:00.000-05:00Brilliant!Brilliant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599377.post-18156299825105430442009-03-04T05:42:00.000-05:002009-03-04T05:42:00.000-05:00I just learnt lots of new stuff. I never knew that...I just learnt lots of new stuff. I never knew that was the fantastic way to get maple syrup. What a great process.Bishop Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124543757872721665noreply@blogger.com