Last Day of Tapping for 2022 + Family History 

I used to do repair work for Hans when I worked Batavia farm equipment

Your like the energizer bunny! You’re always smiling and seem so happy. I hope your family has a great return on all the hard work you folks put in. Best of Luck…..

Love the history and genealogy! It's rare to have land stay in a family that long anymore.

Hard working woman, Nikki your to cute I'm glad you take us a long with you .......Thank You

Your great grandfather came over like Laura's great grandfather from Laura Farms. She's from Nebraska. Claudia went to visit Laura. It's amazing to see how all you girls are just as invested in the operations.

A young lady who wants to work hard, what a concept

Your family has been successful because of the work ethic and your dad is blessed to have children that want to continue in the business, it's no picnic.

We just finished yesterday. Now just waiting for weather to change!!!!

Thanks for the family history, that stuff is always entertaining. Watching you pull frozen tree trunks out of the snow made me realize what an animal you are. 😄 More power to you girl, Best regards.

You rock girl you are a hard worker 👍

Thanks for taking us along! I know it makes a hard job even harder and I really appreciate what I’m learning from you.

You are one tough lady, I hope your family appreciates the hard work you do.

Loved hearing your families maple history! Its wonderful that you get to tap the same trees your greatgrandfather tapped!

I like hearing the history of your farm, I am a 6th generation farmer/sugar maker. I used to gather sap/log with horses. I work with my 372 XP improving the forest, I also work on dairy farm, help my friends sugar and haul for Cabot creamy "the home stead" plant in Vermont. I enjoy seeing how you folks operate. I would like to see that new suger house in action! That is a beautiful building. I have ever boiled with a Colman lantern all night after gathering 1,500 buckets 10 hours. I can see the joy you have while working in the woods, I enjoy taking care of land while making a living. Have fun out there I enjoy your channel.

That is so cool! Nice to see a multi-generational farm!

Good luck tapping your trees Nikki

Good morning Nikki have a great day

You are an amazing worker, Nicki. Trudging thru that snow for so many trees. We own and operate a maple sugar business here in Ontario, Canada. Nothing near the scale that you do, but we tap about 1000 trees. Lots of hard work to get it up and running. Enjoy your videos . David & Leona Fraser

I grew up in Northern what used to be Vermont. I will never forget sugaring with my Dad. I drove the horses to pick up the sap.

Came across you channel on a RU-vid suggestion. My grandfather was a dairy farmer in western NY state. He had a small three sided building that he boiled sap in. He called it the sugar shack and the groves of maple trees on the farm were called the sugar bush. I’ll never forget the smell of that hardwood fired boiler and maple sap being reduced to syrup. Thanks for the video that brought back all those wonderful memories. I’m going to subscribe and look forward to more of your videos.

Thanks for the awesome history.

Beautiful building!! Love the beams. I knew you all had the dairy, but never knew that many head of cattle...WOW! Thanks for sharing the history.

Great video Nikki

Here at Blue Eye Maple Syrup, I have a Couple hardwood Maple trees over 250 years old! I wish the trees could talk about all the history they have seen over all those years!! Oh yes, they are still being tap wow.

The views are beautiful!

Awesome and interesting.

your like a beautiful Angel,waking around in the snow,,

Wishing you all the very this season

Good Job,,keep going thanks take care

New viewer. Well presented. Keep up the good work

Thank you for sharing!!! Excellent work!!!

Super cool regarding the family history..knowing you’re walking and tapping the same grounds and trees your grandfather was once on.

Wonderful family history story and great video Nikki,, Now you get a small break.

Wow I feel tired already just watching you work in the snow

Great Video! Hope you have a great season.

Very enjoyable to watch .

Thanks again for the ride along, really enjoyed this series

You have to be devoted to the maple tradition. Thank You and Your Family 👍

you got a patient on that boot line digger on your foot....the things we go for when collecting sap....good job well done.... fb in WY

Looking forward to the process, good vid.

Great family history story. Great video as always

Another Great Video! You do an amazing job with the trees. Keep the videos coming. Also looking forward to the next one!

So amazing! Hard work. I was always so careful to go through in late fall, before the snow, to get as much as possible up off the ground. Helps alot. A bit too late now but try hanging your drill from a strap over your shoulder, let it hang by your side when working with fittings or other jobs that need two hands. I know how it is to fall in the snow where I was helping was very steep. I love the big ones also, the stories they could tell.

Beautiful video from a beautiful lady. 5000 cows and 32000 taps. That is amazing.

Long day out in the woods, but what a great story. Love WNY maple syrup, I'll definitely have to order some from your site.

What a great worker

You are a hard working lady. God Bless you.

Hiya all, I love this channel....

Very good video I enjoyed the history

Very interesting video especially with the family history. Still surprised at the amount of snow you deal with. Hopefully it turns out to be a great year.

I enjoyed hearing about your family history! My twin brother and I started tapping a couple days ago. We’re growing our hobby to 6 trees this year 😂. Hope you have a great season!!

Hi Nikki.. Another great video!. Amazing family history about your dairy & the syrup business. Just think what your grandfather & great grandfather would think of your operation now!.. And your new syrup processing facility!!.. I'm sure they'd be very, very proud of how far you all have taken their "part time" family business!!. Have a great week.. Going to order that hat, they look really nice.. 🙂

thank you for the family history of how it started. Very cool stuff.

I have had 12 to 14 taps each year here in Cincinnati, Ohio since I started in 2003. I tap in early January and get reasonable sap flow a few days a week until about Feb. 20. Then I tend to get the best flow for about 3 weeks. Then the trees will begin to wake for spring about March 10. I get about 2.5 to 3 gallons of finished syrup per year. Its a a labor of love and takes a lot of patience and attention when you make maple syrup on the stove top. The house smells like the pot I accidently burnt a couple days ago. If you would like to give it a try next year, educate yourself as to how to do it by doing online research and give it a try.

Awesome having the family history & that it’s continuing!!! Unfortunately it’s becoming less & less common😔.keep up the hard work. p.s.

Great family history :)

HELLO NIKKI..... YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS LADY AND THE NEW MEANING OF MAPLE SUGAR 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😄STAY SAFE AND STAY HEALTHY LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

My last name is Buckler my Grandfather grew up in the Catskills in Palenville New York doing that!

Nice to hear the history of the family farms. Did you get your new truck yet?

dude, just found your channel, and I must say... you're an animal!!

You are such a sweet young lady always have a great story

Many of us would be interested in seeing the dairy operation in a video… how big are the parlors? do you have Junos to shuffle feed in the huge? freestyle barns?in the winter, spring how do you keep the snowy or muddy roads clear for the tankers? how big is the calf barn? the sick cow barn? (video ideas) are you going to volunteer to test the pharm robotics sureshot - inoculation robot?

Since sugar maples typically live for 200 years and some up to 400, they are what one could call a long term investment. The 5 in front of our farm house were planted as saplings in 1890, and are nowhere near the size of the ones you showed. The few large ones scattered around our property are more in line with yours, but I have no idea how old they are (unlike the ones at the house that we have an exact date on).

gut to like the out side and it is a full time job

Salut Nikki, Je suis impressionné par ton travail en forêt avec toute cette neige. Tu sais de quel région de Suisse tes grands parents étaient originaires ? Bonne journée depuis la Suisse. Vincent

Hi I love watching all your videos!! Are you test driving a new truck this week?

So can you describe the limitations on tapping a single tree? Can you have more than one tap per tree, when you retap how do you decide where the optimum spot is? It seems you rely on gravity to do part of the work with the sap tubing although I understand you use the vacuum pump as well. I never knew anything about the syrup manufacturing process, I find it very interesting. Thanks for sharing your families knowledge.

Every time I see your new sugarhouse, I keep thinking that would make a stunning home up in the hills. So, I missed it, your still doing diary?

I love seeing a local RU-vid channel...

Being a backpacker and maple worker I'm always looking for ways to keep my kit as light and functional as possible. Of course we run into the same situations having to dig out mains and laterals. I've been trying out a product called the snow claw. It's not a shovel but acts like it and beats digging with your hands. Just a thought on something to try if you think it might help.

You're supposed to do your Sugar Bush maintenance before the snow gets deep.

Do soft maple trees make a different taste then hard maples?

Are you going to have your building open to the public. I would love to come and visit and buy some syrup

I can understand why you say that you're out of shape. I certainly don't believe it for a minute, but tapping all those trees?! I'd dare to see special forces soldiers keeping up with you. No disrespect intended. But it looks incredibly difficult!! On top of that, you make great quality videos. Glad everyone is staying safe.

Do you tap soft maple or only hard?

with trees so old, how do you tap in places that have not been tapped

How do you determine the height to put the tap in

You are a Very Pretty Lady !

How many cattle are in your current daily operation ?

Is there a video of the rest of the farm?

I clicked on the boxlermaple link on a few of your vids to check it out and the links do not seem to work. Just wanted to let you know.

Does the sap ever freeze on you

11:35 - No snow angel to commemorate the last day of tapping?

Seen your family pulling tractors in Ohio meany times

Very interesting video again! I was just wondering what governs the height of a tap? The height of a tree or the girth of the tree?

Approximately how many miles of lines do you have ran ?

Be your own boss work your own hours Translation: Work 24/7 for minimum wages

When the lines are covered withsnow don't the sap freeze in them

Kinda crazy ? Are you related to the boxler that pulls tractors or use to

You remind me of Laura farms. Check them out!

You need a dog to keep you company in the woods.

Dewalt makes a cordless chain saw. Light and portable check it out. Cheers

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I thought of you - because of the Maple syrup when I saw this recipe! I have not tried it yet myself. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zsl5ENgZnr0.html