Twin Meadows Farm

05/09/2023

Revamping the garden! Raised beds down 2 sides, moved the strawberries into 3/4 of one. Raising the beans and zucchini. Swiss chard started in the greenhouse, new film this year. Rhubarb transplanted and broke up.
Jeff’s keeping busy in retirement.

01/06/2023

Still have syrup available,
hens are laying lots.

11/21/2022

We have eggs $4.00 a dozen
Also have maple syrup
Watch for prices and availability later today.

03/16/2022

First pull of 2022 6 1/2 gallons
1 case of the I’d tap that glass. $12.00 each
Quarts $18.00
Pints $10.00
Limited supply

03/15/2022

Started the day with the 150 gallon tank full 9:30 pm just finished pumping the last 25 gallons minus the ice into the auto fill tank. Still no syrup!

06/09/2021

Spaghetti Squash Greek Bowls are an easy low-carb meal perfect for summer. Mix and match your favorite Greek toppings and drizzle on the popular dressing.

10/08/2020

This could be a added summer adventure

Next time you decide to criticize corn syrup, please take a minute and think about the farmers who work tirelessly tapping cornstalks and filling thousands (probably millions) of these tiny buckets. h/t Ed Bell 🤪

03/29/2018

Other than Clean up this is probably the last batch for the year

03/26/2018

A little late season steam

02/20/2018

All tapped ready to run

05/18/2017

Greenhouse is in full swing, two mixed green beds, Swiss chard and beans coming in slowly. today I added a drip irrigation system to better manage watering. Stop into Tavern 16 for a great salad featuring our fresh greens!

03/12/2017

Using some of our syrup for breakfast selling fast this years prices
$9.00 for a pint
$16.00 for a quart
$10.00 for the maple leaf
$12.00for the "I'd tap that" bottle

03/10/2016

Natural Selections Martha Foley and Curt Stager talk about the science of sugar maples: where the sap is stored in the winter, why it runs in the spring, and how the structure of the trunk differs from other trees.

03/02/2016

Syrup prices 2016 $9.00 a pint $16 a quart Maple leafs $10.00

03/02/2016

02/27/2016

buckets all hung upper sugar bush tapped now to add a few more runs in and see what we get.

02/24/2016

well down to the sugar house to get started today taping friday saturday sunday

04/11/2015

last weekend of sugaring with temps reaching for 60+ going to collect sap and pull buckets today and make the final boil tomorrow 24 gallons so far with it selling fast looking forward to improvements next year

04/02/2015

pulled 6 3/4 gallons yesterday and another 6 1/4 today

04/01/2015

started off the morning with full tanks on the leader system 150 gallons of sap collected another 150 around the house
this years syrup prices
$9.00 a pint
$16.00 a quart

03/19/2015

today's draw color

03/18/2015

finally pulled syrup today 3 1/2 gallons bottled it all in pints as that is what we have at this time will be putting some out at our retail location today
28 pints

03/14/2015

first steam of the season around 100 gallons of sap so far

03/12/2015

enough sap to flood the pans today and about 3" in the stock tank steam soon

03/08/2015

all taped next week's weather is looking better we hung around over 100 buckets and also have taken on a leader bush with 200 + taps

03/02/2015

cold weather seems to have us we are going to think spring and get tapped

11/02/2014

all out of syrup so off to Hartford to pick up 85 more buckets need more sap to make more syrup might need more help in the spring to

04/27/2014

season all done 125 buckets hung for a total washed stacked and put away for the season made 12 gallons for the year hope to do some leader next season

03/24/2014

collected 25 gallons of sap today waiting for a warm up

03/20/2014

making steam collected around 60 gallons of sap today filled the pans and brought them to a boil long way from syrup and its snowing again

03/18/2014

sap is running a little got tapped just in time for 18 inches of snow out to collect tomorrow afternoon hope to make steam this weekend

03/11/2014

out to collect sap see how it runs

03/04/2014

Maple Weekends officially take off on March 22-23rd and March 29-30, but we needed something to hold us over. That's why we're celebrating National Pancake Day to satisfy our sweet tooth and enjoy some of that sugary Adirondack nectar.

03/03/2014

getting ready to start taping trees first week of march this might be the latest we have taped in years should warm up for the weekend

04/08/2013

collected and finished boiling today pulled another 3 1/8 gallons with a grand total of 18 3/8 total for the season now time to clean up and find the greenhouse

03/31/2013

collected another 50 gallons today thanks to the family for helping collect after easter dinner

03/30/2013

another 3 1/4 gallons that makes 11 1/4 total good year only have 100 gallons of sap to boil tonight