I don't have any big leaf maples unfortunately. I've thought about grabbing cuttings off trees out in town so I can plant some.
All I know is that it takes more sap from the big leaf maple because it doesn't have as much sugar content as the sugar maple.
You can also tap birch which also...
Finger doesn't straighten. Was just cleared to try extending it yesterday. I'll see where it's at in 5 months. I can scrunch light things towards me with it now but it doesn't fully curl yet. It's shiny because I was doing my massage.
Dont think I posted the stitches because it looked...
Breakfast for dinner. Caramelized onions, bell peppers, and potato cubes. Scrambled eggs with more of the onion and pepper. 2 slices of bacon.
Thank goodness for the 40 silkie hens or I wouldn't have eggs with the molting
Rattlesnakes are a problem on the other side of the mountains where I grew up. See mostly those, garters, and bull snakes. We'd encountered many different species when camping in the smaller mountain range over there. The Cascades are a barrier. Guess the venomous ones don't like the wet