DRUDGE

For the past few years, the boys kept talking of alternatives to burning oil, since we have lots of wood to burn. So that year, as we were all together in the camp, making syrup, we kept making plans for the future, and on the last day of syrup season, when Jerry turned the Thunderbolt off for the last time, I felt like crying. But our sons and our grandsons want to expand and tap more trees, as we have more woodlots we could tap. So in the summer of 2012, we built a new sugar camp near the old one, and installed a new 4' x 16' wood fired evaporator. The new designs are very efficient, and don't burn as much wood. Now this Spring (2016) we tapped 2 more woodlots which brings our total of taps up to 7600... In 1985, we built a sugar camp, here near our house. We chose the location because it was at the edge of the bush, at the end of our mile long driveway, and we were able to put electricity in it. We cut our own cedar and hemlock trees for lumber, and did all the work ourselves, of..

Also known as: Drudge's Maple Syrup

Primary location: Huron East Canada