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Larry Fortin
Oct 22, 20234 min read
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.
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Larry Fortin
Sep 24, 20233 min read
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.
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Larry Fortin
Mar 26, 20234 min read
Broad Look Maple Visit
Charla and I visit Broad Look Maple where we talk with Dean Aldrich on his Vermont Maple Sugaring Operation.
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Larry Fortin
Mar 20, 20234 min read
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...
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Larry Fortin
Jan 15, 20237 min read
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
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Larry Fortin
Nov 26, 20224 min read
I Wasn't Carving Turkey
Growing up on a Vermont farm in the 1970s was hard work.
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Larry Fortin
Nov 13, 20223 min read
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...
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Larry Fortin
Nov 11, 20223 min read
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...
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