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I ordered a quart of your golden syrup for my father..thought it’d make a great Father’s Day gift because he loves pancakes. He called me this evening and said son, that syrup was the best I’ve ever had..true statement. Good luck with your small batch venture, great idea!!
Awww thank you so much for sharing! I’m so glad he enjoyed it!
Aww. Love it. Great to see ya back on for even a short video. Have a great summer.
I tap around 85 trees, and switch from plastic buckets to mostly bags. Clean up is much easier as well as storage. I also have a leader mini micro RO and really like it. Good luck .
I was just researching ro’s from different producers as well as exploring building my own, I’m unsure which way to go!
Great content, all sounds good, Baby is getting so big and cute as a button!!
He’s so much fun!
You are a great person and to have a young friend to help is just the bestest in many ways.
I'd love to see the farm side of your life !!
I think it's great to teach Owan the ropes at a young age !!
I’ll be sharing our little home farm a lot as we grow that! I’ll show some of the dairy but I don’t do as much there anymore as I kind of pivoted away from that since they want to sell it and I can’t afford to buy it 💔
As a kid, I always LOVED developing our woods (NH) in the '70s. Thinning, clearing and preparing for the spring run. Boiling in the spring was the only time I got to stay up all night. Such an adventure for a kid. I began to think of that wood as my own and loved doing the maintenance.
That’s what I’m hoping for, for Owen! Growing up in the outdoors and with responsibility’s is the best way to grow up in my opinion!
Could you show some of us amateurs how to identify the trees? We also have a five-acre forested property. Wondering if we might be able to follow along with the home experiment. 🙂
Yes!!! I try to make that one of my next videos!
Looking forward to future tube content 👍👌
Me too!
Looking forward to the new content.
Really, the plans that you've shared are a good starting point, and whatever you choose will be good.
Remember, just because "Maple Season" is short that doesn't mean that there is only work being done on the farm during that time, leading up to tapping and winding down. I am sure that there is a lot going on with the farm all year long.
Oh yes, especially with Warren working on the building everyday
Carl at the RO bucket is great! His hobby scale systems are far beyond anyone else’s especially at the price point. I started with a small RO bucket with 50 trees. I’m well beyond that now like most of us do. I’d welcome you any time to come tour our shack in PA
I love small batch producing it’s so satisfying.😊
I’m excited!
Your small batch concept is awesome and such a great way to get Owen involved and exposed to maple syruping. Going back many moons ago to 1980-81 in my vo-ag high school days we did some maple syrup making. We used plastic bags that were kinda shaped like a teardrop for collecting and they worked great. Don’t know if they even still make them. Love your son, he’s so cute and full of life! Cherish these moments with him, they grow up so fast!
I’m excited to do it on a small scale and start the tradition on our own property! I’m excited to get his a little 4-wheeler! He’s a total outdoors kid, he brings me my shoes and jacket first thing in the morning because he wants to go outside and if we don’t spend most of the day outside he gets cranky!
@@MapleFarmer That’s too funny!
I've never seen bags but if I did buckets I think I'd use the plastic.
Good luck Nikki!!!!😂
I will watch it all. Keep up the awesome work you do with your family and son.
I’m hoping to have some tractor pulling videos too!
What a refreshing post, Owen is going to steal the limelight on your channel :)
He’s so much fun and LOVES being outside
Looking forward to seeing more from you and your family. I like 5he bags we use bucket also we ended up with 9 gallons of syrup this year and had fun doing it
🇺🇸 Good to see you back in the woods, especially with your new helper! God bless 🙏
Awwww! He so cute!
Thank you!
As a bee keeper, I am a lover of sugar maples as they are one of the main early nectar sources in the spring. I've contemplated making syrup, but my one small trial was a mess. I tried the traditional little tin buckets that you see in the old idealized paintings of collecting sap....which is an unmitigated disaster if you keep bees, in that they love the sap and the buckets are anything but bee proof. I've contemplated just going with 5 gallon plastic buckets connected to the tap with a hose.....with a tight fit between hose and bucket. I'll be most interested in what arrangement you develop for yourself.
I think I might try out a few different ways and see what works best for an entire season!
@@MapleFarmer I'll be following your trials with undivided interest. Your explanations of why you chose various equipment and how they perform will be most welcomed. With your family's background in the industry, I'm confident your informed decisions will be a lot better than mine.
Go with bags. You're gonna like them way better than buckets .
I'll be looking forward to other aspects of what goes on during the off season. My son taps only about 30 trees or so and I told him I had seen homemade R/O's and he thought I was nuts. So I bought the stuff to build one and he was really surprised how good it worked as was I. He went from boiling till early morning to being done before midnight most of the time. He's talking about adding more taps now that I've retired because I can get things started before he get home from work and hopefully be done at a reasonable time. You're little guy is a cute little guy, you'll be a great role model for him growing up.
Building a little RO would be a fun project! If I have time maybe I’ll look into that! Congrats on your retirement!
Looking forward to the small batches my uncle had a maple house but I never had any of his syrup .think you used it to bring the dear to his house .
Love variety nikki owens getting big cant wait for your content hope they are longer too ❤❤❤❤
They should be! This was just a quick update. I’m hoping to do longer form videos moving forward but it depends on what I’m doing that day / week! Lol
Small scale is a great way to spend time outdoors. I tap roughly 140 annually, and have a video of the basic process at that scale. I like the RO bucket idea. I grew up in Western NY not far for Varysburg.
I look forward to seeing more of you and your projects.
'Buckets'... what a good idea...that is so legend.. we can't wait! Good for you!
Viewers really appreciate the age life and the trees and the reality of nature. The nice reality of appreciation is super grand.
Good luck with your new project. Thanks for sharing 😊
My wife reminded me that we bought the plastic pails in 2003 when we made syrup favours for our son's wedding. The only losses have been bears sinking their teeth into them. Still using the pails 21 years later. Just wanted to commend you and your husband on your beautiful boy. It is wonderful to see when children are so loved.
You can't go wrong with ro bucket. Carl will help you set the right size. He has also developed a small filtering system that is alot better than gravity
Nice little 2x6 operation would be awesome ❤😊
We have a small 60 tap operation and we use the 2 membrane RO bucket, and it works well. I took it out of the bucket and mounted the components on a hand cart for noise reduction and ease of use. Looking forward to your videos.
Oooo this sound fun! The possibilities are endless if how I can set up my operation! I’m excited to see what I come up with!
I have about 200 buckets I no longer use. They’re all in excellent shape. You’re welcome to have them. All have relatively new covers as well. I’m a long ways away in New Hampshire though.
I may take you up on this! Please email me details if possible! Themaplefarmer@gmail.com
Go for it young lady. Looking forward to it.
Owen looks like your Dad!!!! :)
Best wishes to you and your family
Owen has the best seat in the house for this video. Sounds like a lot of good videos will be coming. I've wondered about one thing that may be a video idea, where does your syrup go? Or maybe you've already covered that, I know you sell online. Record anything and everything and I bet you'll be surprised what we'll watch
I’m so excited to share more, I never shared in the past because of the name of my channel but I love making videos as it’s kind of my way of journaling! So I’m excited to share different aspects!
Put up some lines and a shurflo pump ,
It would be nice to give a little bio infor. Where are you located generally, how old you are, is your 5 acres all you own, work other than Boxler maple syrup. This gets us connected to you. I know you want some privacy but to connect it would be nice.
I’ll have to do an origin and background video!
Little man is getting so big. Awesome he loves the outdoors like.Mom.
I went with a board for the RO system So I could extend to 4 RO filters or just keep it at 2 filters. Then have a vacuum system to draw the finished syrup through the filters. Deciding on a boiler to use, storage by the boiler. Then what the pan will be on. Will it be cinder blocks with gravel filling it and a metal stack out the back or an old oil tank or a brick base. Then the building, tent, metal pole building or an Amish shed. Getting the tools together to make the syrup can be more interesting than making it. Then the decision-making process based on how much it costs. You could have a ton of video's this summer, fall and winter.
I was wondering if people would be interested in all the details as I know personally I live knowing why people use what they do and how much things cost!
@@MapleFarmer there are tons of people that would love to see various things, like where to look to size things for the volume of sap per tap. I know Vermont agriculture has documents on that. Even plans for syrup houses. Show them where to look while doing it for yourself. It is one thing to show someone how to do something, but how to look up the data for themselves, well that is different.
@@brett76544 agree! Love it. I think I’m also going to show what is important to me when buying the products in terms of features, specs, durability, etc and explain why I choose what I am… at the end of the season I’ll do a recap of it saying if it was a win or if it belongs in the trash bin 😂
I do small scale tractor supply white food grade is what I use and 3/16 line on about 15 trees barrel stove evaporator. Only do five or so gallons. Lower Adirondacks
We were just at long lake for a mini anniversary vacation! I love it up there!
@@MapleFarmer great area great store I long lake hoss I believe have everything. Cool stuff
stop being so GORGEOUS, just stop it right now.
Nice decision, will be fun to watch as always ...
I’m excited about it!
I hope your getting along with your dad I understand dealing with alpha males can be difficult. Your son looks amazing
I’ll still be doing Boxler Maple stuff just decided I want to start focusing on my own stuff as well… who knows maybe I’ll have some small batch syrup for sale this year! 🍁
Frame pack "baby holster" works really well in the woods dosnt it?
He absolutely loves being in it!
Are you going to see Uncle Hans pull when he's back in the States?
Hoping to hit the Alexander tractor pull if the tractor is back in time!
Sounds like you have a great plan. RO bucket is highly recommended with us small scale folks. Carl at the RO bucket is very personable & extremely helpful. If you really want a cheap way to collect, I like getting buckets from local bakeries.
i have a dozen aluminum buckets that i dont like, too lite so they blow off, no lip on bottom so hard to grip to pour out of them hard to get covers so i wouldnt do them
Thank you so much for the feedback it is very much appreciated!
Nikki will you boil and everything there at home ?
That’s my plan, but we shall see how everything shakes out!
Wonder Woman had a baby.
Congrats!
Haha I sure don’t feel like I’m Wonder Woman, I feel more like a wondering woman 😂 wondering what I did with my time before a baby
@@MapleFarmer Planning more babies!
Owen a good Sackett name!
3:52 - "With just maple content"
Owen: **makes disapproval noises** 😂😂
😂😂
We use 3 Gal Cdn. plastic buckets which have great capacity. A Mennonite gentleman from Southern Ontario supplies most of Ontario. A large bucket gives you options on collecting. I'm sure you can source large buckets in the USA. Great channel.
I’m excited to dig into all the different options and I may even buy a few to compare and see what I like and what holds up the best throughout the season!
Owen seems to know where the camera is!
He’s just the best!
LITTLE GUY IS GETTING BIG, NEXT WEEK HE WILL WANT TO USE THE CAR
He already steals my keys! 😂
Owen would look nicer up front!❤❤❤❤❤
Don't do buckets you don't have time in season to waste time during the busy season
There’s always time to make things work if you want to do it bad enough!
Show us your guns
Haha which ones?! 💪🔫
@@MapleFarmer I started howling before I saw the emoticons! Then it got even better.
That reminds me though...
You have shared some of your hunting and fishing trips, and I loved seeing those. I get to take a trip through your eyes, and that's fuel for me getting outside.