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[keith bellinger <bartermn AT epix.net>]

Three weeks ago I tapped two soft maple in my backyard. Today I turn sap 
to syrup over a small fire pit dug yesterday through a two-inch frost 
with pick and shovel. Coals are building as I write. I can't be long.

Of the fifteen gallons of sap I expect only a couple pints of syrup but 
that isn't why I do it. There isn't anything that compares to a campfire 
and its cleansing smoke after a long winter. Happy Spring all.