Planning for 2018 Maple Syrup Expansion
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It is is mid-June, and already I feel a bit late in putting together the improvements necessary to significantly scale up maple operations in 2018. This is my first pass at identifying what needs to be put in place to increase production by…
Paleo f(x) 2017 #pfx17 Recap - 4 Recommendations for Radically Improving Health
Primal Woods Health CoachingGeri and I made the trip to one of our favorite towns, Austin, TX, for Paleo f(x) 2017. It was worth every penny. And as I began to put this post together, a now-familiar problem came to the fore, that being an inability to separate "Paleo,"…
The Quarter-Sawing Process, and Problems, Oh No!
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The first step towards improving any process, is to understand the current state of the process, and in my opinion formally documenting that process in words and pictures is a solid foundation for improvement efforts. It's important to…
Revisiting the End of Maple Sugaring Season - Based on Growing Degree Days
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Of course our maple season ended some time ago, the last sap was evaporated on March 21st; the end having nothing to do with Growing Degree Days and reaching budbreak, but having everything to do with the trees healing the tap holes to the…
Predicting the End of Maple Sugaring Season - Caveat emptor
Primal Woods SugarersBack to the Growing Degree Days (GDD) calculation, and "knowing" that Sugar Maples budbreak between 30-50 GDD°C base 10 (54-100 GDD°F base 50), how then does that help us? Even predicting the end of the season is of dubious value I suppose,…