guy t. schafer
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2012 maple syrup season
- Apr 9, 2012: A final 2 days run on the 4th & 5th gave us about 3 gallons of sap, which made our last half-pint of syrup (that's about 50:1). But there's been no sap since, so we pulled the taps out today.
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Apr 1, 2012: Some snowy nights and the sap is back.
The buds are holding off.
Two days of sap and two days of cooking have yielded another
precious pint.
My wife has unearthed a quart left over from the 2010 season, so we have nearly 3 quarts put by. - Mar 22, 2012: So far, only two and a half pints of syrup. It's so unseasonably hot, the sap has stopped running. In fact, the last few days of sap fermented on the trees before there was enough to cook. Maybe the season will restart with the return of cold weather. Check out our high tech sugaring process.
- Mar 7, 2012: Tapped 6 maples and hung the buckets. Last year, 6 buckets got us about 60 gallons of sap, 5 quarts of syrup. That turned out to be one year's worth: we are down to our last cupful this week.
- Feb, 2012: Cutting firewood for next winter: a few standing dead maples and cherries, and a few live maples and yellow birch. I cut them down (using the open-face notch method) and buck the logs on the snow. My wife and I take turns pulling the sledfuls to the woodshed by hand.
- Jan 23, 2012: I captured, killed and hung our tom. My wife plucked and dressed it. Check out the before and after pics (don't worry, no "during" pics).
- Bathroom remodeled: Walls repainted. Toilet, sink & faucet replaced. Shower restored.
- Christmas 2011: I'm selling my IWC Portuguese Chrono.
- SOLD in 3 days!
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Thanksgiving, 2011:
This is Zak, my new border collie.
- Fall 2011: Work continues on my watch workshop.
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Aug 25, 2011: Got a software engineering job offer from
Fairbanks Scales.
- Did not take it.
portraits
Cold Self Portrait (photo by Guy)
Warm Self Portrait (photo by Guy)
