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It’s winter… which means my father and I have been preparing for our biggest hobby we share together… making maple syrup. We’ve been doing this since Covid, as a way to still get outside and do stuff together. Our first year, we made 2 gallons, second year we made 5, third year is the year I got really involved, and we made 19 gallons. Two years ago we got a new evaporator, and decided to go a little more into it and tapped 121 trees and made 43 gallons of syrup. Last year, we tapped 84 trees and made 35 gallons of syrup.
I also used to build custom headlights for cars. That was a blast, but people are too… people-y… and when I had customers in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia) messaging me at 3/4am, and then get pissed off I didn’t reply, I kind of lost my ambition to make them.
Anyways, let me know what y’all like to do outside of work! I’ll add some photos of the setup for syrup and some of the lights I’ve made, as well as our new maple syrup making room I’ve been working on for the past three weeks.
I also used to build custom headlights for cars. That was a blast, but people are too… people-y… and when I had customers in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia) messaging me at 3/4am, and then get pissed off I didn’t reply, I kind of lost my ambition to make them.
Anyways, let me know what y’all like to do outside of work! I’ll add some photos of the setup for syrup and some of the lights I’ve made, as well as our new maple syrup making room I’ve been working on for the past three weeks.
