Weather's changing

Alan(CaliforniaRadiant)Forbes

here; I drove north to Fairfield yesterday, just south of the wine country and saw the mustard blooming in this vineyard. That usually means 4-6 weeks to go until the warm days get regular.

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Murph'_5

that's

not funny!!

J.C.A._3

He Said....

As the temperature was hitting a high of 13°F, with squalls of snow you can't even see through.

Tony_8

yup

got a call this past week asking for a price on an oil burner for a maple sap boiler. He's tired of wood. I'm sure the price will be negotiable with barter for some prime NY maple syrup Going price is about $ 34/ gallon.

Won't be long now.

Murph'_5

Ahhhh the sugar shack

how about two!!

Tony_8

there's some btu's !

can't fit 2. At first I thought you meant 2 gallons of syrup. We use that in a year, so I'm shootin' for at least that much.

Need to figure the angle and capacity. Calling RWB this week to spec it.

Wayco Wayne_2

There's nothing

like real maple syrup. I got family in upstate NY and they have been making maple syrup for 200 years. The farm just had it's bi-centenial. When I was a kid we used a horse drawn sled with a large tank on it. We'd hang out in the sugar house and sample the sweet stuff and come back to our familys all wild eyed from the sugar rush. Then they moved up to tractors pulling the sled. Now they have tubing run from each tree, all the way to a pumping station that moves the sap to the Sugar house. (I wonder if it's PEX) My Uncle walks the lines with a repair kit in case of squirrels trying to get to the sweet stuff.

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DanHolohan

Alan,

does the mustard have a smell? That's a beautiful photo. Thanks.

Alan(CaliforniaRadiant)Forbes

No, no smell,

but talking about sweet things, the bees really go for it.

Mustard belongs to the Cruciferae (broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, etc.) family. The flower has 4 petals and looks like a cross, so they named the family after the crucifix.

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Murph'_5

hey maybe

Invision can come up with scratch-n-sniff pages!!



Murph'
(and background music with a toggle)

Murph'_5

do they have ....

A maple queen ?? this is close to where we spend our free time, great pancake breakfasts !!



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ScottMP

Warmer weather

I can't wait. Its 14 degrees here today and thats a warming trend. Was down to 0 again this weekend.

Its amazing its goes up to 35 and its a heat wave.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I can't wait to cut the lawn. Ahh that smell.

Scott

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Wayco Wayne_2

April is the cruelist month

says the poet e.e. cummings. I say March. It's a big tease between the warm and cold weather. I'll just be glad when the extreme cold goes away. My outdoor digital thermometer said 0.5 F this morning. I could hear loud popping in the woods behind my house. At first I thought it was gun shots but, it was still dark out. It was more likely branches or something giving up and snapping due to the extreme cold. Come on spring. Can't wait to shave off my beard. WW

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Mark J Strawcutter

reminds me

that I need to prune my lone concord grapevine...

Mark