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The April 8th, 2024 solar eclipse passed right over our sugarhouse in Northern Vermont and for a few magical moments transformed

Wildflowers play a vital role in the vibrant ecosystems of sugar maple forests in Vermont, adding a burst of color and biodiversity to our lush green landscape.

The old sugarhouse still sits peacefully in the woods, its joints creaking with the wind, its wood slowly decaying as young maple trees grow up around it. The first picture was taken in the 1960's and the second picture was taken last week.  

The summer of 2023 must have been very good for bears in Northern Vermont.  We saw quite a few bears and saw signs (scat, foot prints, scratch post, etc) of many more.  We don't usually have any problems with bears, we collect sap from the sugar maple trees and the bears go about their business being bears.  Occasionally an inquisitive bear will bite through the plastic lines we use to collect sap. This causes a vacuum and sap leak and we have to go out into the woods and isolate the problem and repair it. But this isn't too often and mostly...