dried grapes

Walking through the yard the other day and passing the grape vines, I stopped to look at the grapes that were still on the vines all dried up and half eaten by the birds  I was thinking about how nice it will be to see grapes growing on these vines again.

This time of year I get antsy for the grass to turn green again and the trees to get new buds growing. Sugaring for us is coming to a close, we probably will boil one more time and call it good, another syrup season done and in the books.  We have kept a record of every syrup season and this season by far has yielded the least amount of syrup bottled, but we are happy with what we did get and should have enough for us until next sugaring season comes.