Floor is in and Raising the first Wall | Sugar shack / Shed Build

Holes dug and dirt poured, big changes at The Mews Forest. Tips on Batter Boards. (Made in Sep ‘25)

The subfloor is installed! Part of the Building a Sugarshack / Shed video series.

Installing wire mesh to prevent mice & critters. Part of the ‘building the sugar shack / shed series

Materials are in! Walk through the lumber and supplies for the shed / Sugarshack build

Shed / Sugarshack Build update: Floor Joists in and Wire Mesh Plan

Designing an outdoor shed and sugar shack - framing, blueprint design, and structure walkthrough

Plan for the wood flooring | Building the Sugarshack / shed

Installing 8’ grounding rods for Sub Panel to the Sugar Shack / shed outdoor building.

DIY Electrical Conduit & Wire Pulling to Shed or garage | 10/3 | Step-by-Step Home Project Tutorial

Installing Underground Electrical to the Sugar Shack | Step-by-Step Off-Grid Power Setup

Concrete time! Building the Sugar Shack.

Adding to the driveway

Prepping the site for the Nature Center, Sugar Shack, and Family Pavilion! Project Red Leaf

Felling Trees for a Sugar Shack!

Ready to build the Sugarshack, Nature Center, and Family Pavilion 3000: Wetlands Permit Secured.

A wrap of the 2025 Sugaring Season in CT! Full season report with what’s in store for the future…

Boiling with the Leader 1/2 Pint evaporator with supreme pan and tasting ROed sap at The Mews Forest

Bear vs Sap…who wins?

The RO system turned 1.5% sap to 6%+! #maplesyrup #homemadeRo

Not all trees are created equally for sap flow.

Sap flows in Northern Connecticut at The Mews Forest! 3/4/2025

Firing up the Leader 1/2 Pint evaporator for the first time

Fire Bricking a 1/2 Pint Leader Evaporator H20 Innovations

Why you don’t tap trees with mushrooms / fungi on it. #maplesyrup #sapcollecting #tapping

The sap bucket debate: side of bucket vs top of bucket. #maplesyrup #bucket #sap

No sap flow, yet for Northern Connecticut

DIY Maple Syrup RO System | How to Build & Operate Homemade Reverse Osmosis Setup

Family Tree Tapping! #maple Learning how to tap trees for the ‘25 Maple Syrup season to collect sap.

Homemade RO system (reverse osmosis) for making maple syrup at The Mews Forest #diy #ro

Tool cabinet restoration, 3000

Climbing a tree to Install a new rope swing! 🪢 #swing #knots #climbing

Boil day! Boiling ~30 gallons of red maple sap to make 42 oz of syrup with DIY homemade evaporator

Tapping of Red Maple Trees for Syrup (Ref. evaporator setup, learn to tap, and get ready for sap)