getting ready for making maple syrup

It's snowing today -- another 5-12 inches due. I hate the way dirty snow looks, but it's hard to think about tapping maple trees when it's snowing so hard. Today I'll lug everything out and take a look at our supplies. I'll wash everything and set it out to dry.

We'll move the cinder blocks and fire brick from the barn and set up our fire box for the back porch after it stops snowing. We plan to

BBQ sauce

I made pulled pork last night from a pork shoulder from Barb Muench's hogs. She sold us 1/2 of one from our collective this fall.

Typically I put the roast in a crock pot and let it cook for a day. Then I pull it out and take off all the fat and the bones. I shred the meat and put it aside while I make the bbq sauce. This is the bbq sauce I always make --

BBQ sauce --
1 sweet onion - chopped

Poor little calf has some type of external parasite I think -- she's losing patches of hair. Vet is coming on Monday to see her. We're also getting her de-polled -- not so crazy about her horns.

This weekend I'm cleaning, baking, and hanging out around the house. I can't wait. Grace's home with us.