Timberland Hills Pure Maple Syrup

04/08/2026

04/08/2026

This will be our last cook in 2026. Sap still tastes great but God is telling me we are done. Starting sugar was 1% and going to pan at 13%.

04/05/2026

It's 4/5/2026 and the sap started flowing again. We had some strange weather the past week and the trees were beautiful covered in ice. This caused some branches to come down but the sugarbush held up good. Pictures are from yesterday morning before the wind picked up. I'm still collecting sap and undecided if I will cook again. I've wanted to make maple sugar so I may cook one more batch and explore making sugar. Good luck to all who are still collecting sap and cooking!

03/30/2026

My wife and I just finished up our 3rd batch of delicious maple syrup. We're hoping for a good week this week to get another 10 gallons. The new sugar house is working great! We also built a new RO and I can't believe how good it works. Today was spent catching up on filtering and bottling. We'll be cooking again tomorrow.

The best part of this season has been spending time with my wife. Sarah Willcox has been there by my side this entire year! It has been great.

03/30/2026

Our new filtering system is working great. We were able to filter 8 gallons before flushing out and cleaning. We filtered and bottled 29.5 gallons tonight. It took a few attempts to get the correct cake around the filter. We figured it out at 2.5 cups per batch.

02/22/2026

Someone told me the other day that I need to post more on my sugar operation so they know whats going on. I've been all stressed out between my personal live and feeling the pressure to be ready for this season that I forget to take pictures. I'm currently working on electric to new sugar house, adding pre heat to my evaporator, building a 2 membrane 4x40 RO (just need to insert membranes!), new filtering system, need to place and plumb 2 tanks for sap and permeate, and completely set up the new sugar house. My wife and I walked the lines last weekend so that is checked off my list. I'm pushing hard to get everything completed before season. I'll make sure to share my progress. At least the firewood is ready!

12/24/2025

We went from a concrete pad to a sugar house in one day. The team of people that came over did a great job and worked 2 hours in the dark to finish! A shout out to Andrew Humphrey at A&M for transporting the materials.