It's been an eventful week, and I suppose I'm not alone in having an opinion on the goings on. At first I thought about addressing an issue here, but I decided the better of it; most of us have probably had more than our fill. Still, I couldn't stay quiet, and I wrote a blog post on the issue most concerning to me, the role that the tech giants and their leadership are playing in this historic drama. The post is Democracy in Action, have a look if you choose.
Meanwhile, back to Primal Woods. Our hundredth Newsletter! The business and our lifestyle are to a significant extent, intertwined. Therefore my Newsletters address all facets, from the Pure Maple Syrup and Sawmill Services business, to Health, to all manner of Homesteading topics. I'm wondering which of those you would most enjoy reading more about, and so I'm including a brief survey; I hope you'll take the time to participate. Accordingly, the categories of posts are listed below:
1. Pure Maple Syrup
2. Sawmill Services
3. Health
4. Homesteading
Please answer a short survey question below; it must be answered from your email, not a browser window, to count. I'll publish the tally next week, without attribution of course.
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Which one topic would you most like to see more about?
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Our friend Dennis in ye ole' Sugar Shack, circa 2016. We've come a long way.
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Primal Woods
Aside from the political distractions, this week again included a lot of work to close the books on 2020. My work is mostly done now; I've uploaded what I can to our CPA, and I'm patiently awaiting the completed books from our bookkeeper for our review. Together with the projects that were completed, which I documented in my 2020 Dec 04 Newsletter, and in spite of being shut down in April, we had our best year yet. That's gratifying to say the least, and we appreciate you, and your help in bringing us to this place.
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Portable Sawmill Services One of my favorite pictures from 2020, sent by Adam, just two weeks after I had milled 4,800 board feet for Rocky, Rocky Jr., and Adam. Adam included the message, "This is how most people dry lumber, right?" Ha!
I still have lumber stacking to do, and if the weather holds has forecasted, it looks to be a bit colder, but relatively dry. Once that's done, the Sawmill Services business will be effectively shut down until April. I continue to receive calls to discuss future milling opportunities, so that bit of the business stays alive year round.
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Pure Maple Syrup I went into the Sugar House today, only to realize that we have no bottled Whiskey Barrel Aged Pure Maple Syrup on hand. Something like 150 bottles have left the building. We have a 5 gallon barrel left, and I decanted that to the pre-filtration tank this morning, for filtering and bottling over the weekend. That should yield 60 bottles or so, once that's gone we won't have Whiskey Barrel Aged available until this fall, say October or November. If you want some of what's still available, please place an order at the Shop.
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