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Sap Collection  

February selecting trees for tapping.
Gently tapping a plastic spile in the tree
Double tap flows to bucket in the snow
Collecting fresh sap for transport to evaporator
Collecting fresh sap in the woods.
1st Place (Tie) Photo Winner 2006 - Dave and June Sanders. Small helpers in the sugar bush.
Fresh sap into transport tank 2.
Snowshoes required for tapping trees in February and early March. Submitted by Mark and Steph Waletzko
White buckets collecting sap
Vacuum tubing system. No buckets here.
Vacuum tubing system brings sap directly to sugar house
Tubing in the woods
Pulling taps at end of season
Clear maple sap drips from tap. Submitted by Mark and Steph Waletzko
Category: Sugar Bush Scene, 1st Place - 2009. Submitted by Gerry and Charlene Parenteau.
Carefully checking the buckets...Submitted by Stu and Corinne Peterson
Sap bags used for collecting sap. 2nd Place (Tie) 2008 - Sugar Bush Scene - submitted by Ben Carlson
Gravity sap collection. Cool, clear and fresh. Submitted by Stu and Corinne Peterson. Category:Sugar Bush Scene, 4th Place (after tie for 2nd) - 2008
Teaching the next generation to tap. Submitted by Dave and June Sanders.  1st Place, Sugar Bush Scene.
Category: Sugar Busch Scene - 2nd Place 2010 - Submitted by: Sophie den Breejen
Tapping and Sapping - Submitted by Carl Vogt
Category: Sugar Bush Scene - 3rd Place 2010 - Submitted by: June and Dave Sanders
Catagory: Sugarbush Scene, 2nd Place - 2009. Submitted by Deb White
Catagory: Sugar Bush Scene, 3rd Place - 2009. Submitted by: Steve Perry
Category: Sugar Bush Scene - 1st Place 2010 - Submitted by: Chris Ransom

Sugar Houses and  Evaporators 

Vacuum system sap lines into sugar house
Sugar house and adjacent wood shed
Heated syrup through filter press and back to bottling pan
Hot bottled syrup cools according to safety standards
1st Place (Tie) 2006 Photo Contest Winner, Michelle and Thomas Carlson. Sugar House
1st Place (Tie) 2006 Photo Contest Winner - Sugar Houses, Terry Stanley.
Sugar House In the Woods
Steam rolls off the evaporator.  Submitted by Mark and Steph Waletzko
Catagory: Sugar House Scene, 2nd Place (Tied) - 2009.  Submitted by: Steve Perry
Stacked fire wood for the evaporator
Home made Cooker
1st Place (Tie)2006 Photo Contest Winner - Michelle and Thomas Carlson. Backyard sugarin'
Stoking the cooker every 7 minutes. Category: Sugar House Scenes, 3rd Place - 2008. Submitted by Stu and Connie Peterson.
Modern stainless steel evaporator pans with "sap bubbler" tubes.
Evaporator In Action
Category: Sugar House Scene, 2nd Place - 2009. Submitted by Dave and June Sanders.
Category: Sugar House / Evaporator: Submitted by Terry Schwarz - 2011
Category: Sugar House / Evaporator: Submitted by Terry Schwarz - 2011
Steam rises as sap is boiled down
Late night boilin....Submitted by Stu and Corinne Peterson
1st Place - 2008 - Sugar House Secne - Submitted by Ben Carlson
Oil fired, state of the art stainless steel equipment
Dave and June Sander - Category: Sugar House Scene, 2nd Place - 2008
Catagory: Sugar House, 1st Place - 2009. Submitted by Ben Carlson
Twin Cities Urban Sugar Shack - Under Construction: Submitted by: Chris Ransom
Category: Sugar House / Evaporator: Submitted by Terry Schwarz - 2011
Category: Sugar House Scene - 1st Place (tied) 2010 - Submitted by: Mary Spenningsby
Category: Sugar House Scene - 1st Place (tied) 2010 - Submitted by: Mary Spenningsby
Category: Sugar House Scene - 3rd Place 2010 - Submitted by: June and Dave Sanders
     

Finished Maple Products  

Variety of Maple Syrup Bottles
Maple syrup containers on display for sale
Maple syrup in Gift Bottles
Waffles and Maple Syrup - submitted by Jack Cruikshank
Flap Jacks and Maple Syrup - submitted by Carl Vogt
Labeling Liquid Gold.  Category: Maple Products, 3rd Place - 2008. Submitted by Stu and Corinne Peterson.
1st Place Photo Winner 2006 - Maple Products - Michelle and Thomas Carlson.
Category: Maple Products, 1st Place - 2008. Submitted by Ben Carlson
Category: Maple Products, 2nd Place - 2008. Submitted by Dave and June Sanders
Pint bottles cooling after bottling. Category: Maple Products, 1st Place - 2009.  Submitted by Dave and June Sanders.
Catagory: Maple Products, 2nd Place - 2009. Submitted by: Steve Perry
Catagory: Maple Product, 3rd Place - 2009. Submitted by: Bob and Carmen Maschler
Category: Maple Products - 1st Place 2010 - Submitted by: Lowell and Judy Pittack
Category: Maple Products - 2nd Place 2010 - Submitted by: June and Dave Sanders
Category: Maple Products - 1st Place 2010 - Submitted by: Ben Carlson

Fall Colors   

1st Place Winner of 2006 - Fall Colors
Fall colors and blue sky
Fall colors - red, yellow, green.
Morning moon over fall Maples
Maple Rainbow - submitted by Carl Vogt
Carl Vogt - Category: Fall Colors - 2nd Place (Tie) 2008
Catagory: Fall Colors, 2nd Place - 2009. Submitted by Ben Carlson
Category: Fall Color Scene - 1st Place 2010 - Submitted by: June and Dave Sanders
Category: Fall Colors, Runner Up(4th Place) - 2008 - Submitted by Ben Carlson
 
 

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