this weekend marked the 7th annual vermont maple open house event. throughout the state of vermont, sugarmakers opened their sugarhouses to the public to learn more about their operations, taste samples of different grades of maple syrup and hopefully purchase their products. last year, we visited the audubon center in huntington where our friend kim is the outstanding director. this year, i took my son to a friend's sugar house in rutland county, baird farm. it was a sunny and brisk day. the wind chill was a blizzardly 10 degrees. walking into the steamy house was a treat. imagine all of that steam smelling like maple syrup. wow! we had sugar on snow with a homemade dill pickle because that is the way it is done. we met a sweet dog named esta, took some photos, learned about a new technology called reverse osmosis and bought some maple syrup... some fancy and some medium amber.
this coming week is forecasted to be one of the warmest we have had this year. i think nearly 62 degrees on tuesday, april first known as april fools day and also our wedding anniversary. i suppose being farmers and all, we are april's fools. we are scheduled to start planting in the field in just a few weeks and there is still a fair amount of snow on the ground. see what i mean about being april's fools.
the onions are germinating. this week in the greenhouse, i am seeding celeriac and alot of peppers... sweet, hot, green. peppers are one of our best selling crops at the farmers market. we grow over 10 different varieties of sweet peppers. this is one of my favorite morning snacks in the field. when i was pregnant, there was no way i could even think about eating red peppers but my love for them has returned. and i am thankful for that.
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