Dave Mance III, Author at Vermont Almanac

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Dispatch from the Sugarwoods, 3/17/20

March 17, 2020 in Dispatches, Maple, March /by Dave Mance III

The weather cooperated yesterday – the hard freeze in the morning felt like the sort of freeze you’d get in mid-February. The sap didn’t start running until around noon, which let us catch up a little. We acid washed the pans to remove the scale on the bottom. We canned and moved syrup which had […]

Dispatch from the Sugarwoods, 3/14/20

March 14, 2020 in Dispatches, Maple, March, Uncategorized /by Dave Mance III

Dispatch from the Sugarwoods – 3/13/20

March 13, 2020 in Dispatches, March, Uncategorized /by Dave Mance III

It’s 4 a.m. on the 13th of March. A hard rain on the roof. The house is quiet otherwise, save for the woodstove – it ticks comfortingly as it heats up and the metal expands. I’m drinking coffee and building momentum to get out there again. A small radio in the kitchen had been broadcasting […]