It's Almost Time...

You can almost feel it coming. Spring is just around the corner, and that means the sap will be a'running. While I don't have maple trees on my property, I have their close (and weedy) relative: the box elder. Home to some incredibly bright red beetles, it also produces copious amounts of sap that when boiled down, tastes just like maple syrup. As I have three large-ish specimens in my yard, and I just like trying another project, I am going to tap them, collect sap, and make my own maple syrup. I found taps ($4 each), bags ($6 for 12), and bag holders ($7 each) this afternoon at everybody's favorite store, Fleet Farm. I just love bringing home a bag full of new project. Of course, my bag is going to sit for a couple weeks, but come the first weekend in March, there will be sap sacks hanging from my trees, I tell you.

Doesn't that sound mildly pornographic? Sap sacks. Oy vey.