A walk in the Woods

Just a Wednesday morning walk in the woods to collect a little sap. 

A Little Sap for breakfast don't mind if I do!

Maple Sugaring

If you remember a few months back we received a kit from Tap My Trees. We reviewed the kit and now you get to see it in action, Hear in Mo tree tapping generally takes place late Jan to early Feb. We have been watching the weather and the forecast looks good for tapping trees. Night time temps need to be below freezing and day time temps need to be above freezing 40+. Our 10 day forecast is showing just that. So off we went to tap a tree, hotrod girl picked which one to tap first. Of course she picked the hardest one to get to. As you can see the orange on the tree is where we marked it this fall to identify it as a Maple. We will need to re paint it when we pull the tap so that we can find it again next year. We double checked the twigs for opposing buds the best we could and there are maple leaves on the ground around the bottom of the tree. We drilled a hole about 2 -2 1/2 in deep. We got clean light colored shavings a good sign our tree is healthy. We made sure the hole was clear of shavings then we gently used the hammer to put the tap in. We hung the bucket on the hook, put on the lid. Now all that's left to do is wait and see what we get.

The Sap is RUNNING! 








That's right she is trying it straight from the tree. 

Look at that Sap Run !

How much do we have NOW !

Wordless Wednsday

National Popcorn Day

HAPPY NATIONAL POPCORN DAY

WHAT KIND ARE YOU EATING TODAY?

Check This Out.

Check out our new Emergency/Camping light. I have been looking around for a good light that packs small for me and the girls to use camping. Enter the LuminAiD Packlight 16. I bought this on amazon  just because it sounded cool and I am impressed. Its a solar powered light. It last for 30 hours on Low and charges in 7-10 hours. It blows up which is cool. It even floats but I have no idea what I would use that feature for. Its great for my emergency kit folds up into a nice neat little pack the size of that white solar panel you see on the front. It says it stays charged for 2 years. Iv only had it a few weeks so only time will tell on how long it really stays charged. The long battery life while stored makes it great for our emergency kit. It has a handle made into the top so you can carry it easily or hang it. Camping we will hang it in our tent. It will provide enough light for us to see to get in bed and trips to go potty.

It looks like a glowing pillow the girls are calling it a pillow of light. 

Birthday Dinner!

Last night was Pops birthday. We had birthday dinner at the local hamburger joint. Burgers and Fries and ice cream cones.






Yes my girls are reading Hot Rod Magazines while they wait for dinner. They make a Momma proud.

            

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PoP

We love you !

Happy New Years!