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Episode 6 -- Cutting Poles and Beams
The Vermont Sugarhouse will need a skeleton to support itself. We will need to cut trees to be used as part of the support structure.

Larry Fortin
Oct 22, 20234 min read
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Episode 5 - Creating The Building Site Excavation
This is the second of two excavation episodes where the building site for our Vermont Sugarhouse is being created.

Larry Fortin
Sep 24, 20233 min read
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Broad Look Maple Visit
Charla and I visit Broad Look Maple where we talk with Dean Aldrich on his Vermont Maple Sugaring Operation.

Larry Fortin
Mar 26, 20234 min read
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Roy's Maples Visit
In my last post, I mentioned we had visited three operating sugarhouses while we were in Vermont. Today, I will highlight the second...

Larry Fortin
Mar 20, 20234 min read
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Is Your Maple Tree Running?
Vermont Cabane De Sucre Project Update as well as decisions on using an RO, Vacuum, and Pre-Heating System for Making Maple Syrup

Larry Fortin
Jan 15, 20237 min read
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I Wasn't Carving Turkey
Growing up on a Vermont farm in the 1970s was hard work.

Larry Fortin
Nov 26, 20224 min read
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The Anquish in Deciding to Transition Into Early Retirement
Early in my career as a technologist, I felt I needed to have an understanding of business that I was operating in. My first job was...

Larry Fortin
Nov 13, 20223 min read
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What is all the buzz about?
Charla and I were walking in our Pennsylvania neighborhood this week and we saw a hornet's nest in a leafless tree. That reminded me of...

Larry Fortin
Nov 11, 20223 min read
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