In the sugarbush three generations of Miners help out. James and grandson Jason finish up tapping all the maples. Another son Ernie took a week off from work to help set the tap lines. We started with a few buckets along the side of the road. She began sugaring with her husband, Leo, who died in 1998.
Some people like to snowboard, to fish, to hunt.
My recreation is this. Last year, Miner made 275 gallons of syrup and she hopes to increase production to more than 300 gallons this season. Watching Thelma and Adam work together is to see knowledge pass between the generations. I like being out in the open, working with the trees in the environment. Thelma and Leo bought Leo s parents farm on the Arnold District Road in Brandon in 1950 and raised their five children there.