Ray Gagne boils sap he collected around his North River Road farmhouse in Greene on Monday afternoon. “It went from summer back to winter and they pretty much stopped running. I’m just boiling down what I have left that was frozen before tomorrow’s storm. With the forecast, I hope to be back at it next week.” The retired retail sales said, “I just love it here in Maine and have so much fun doing things like this. I did this when I was a kid, and now am doing it again just for fun. A couple years ago I drove past somebody doing it, and thought about doing it myself, so I pulled out this old stove we had and bought a stainless steel pan. I figured I’d tap 15 to 20 trees, but ended up with 40 the first year. I’m up to 125 this year. Last year I got 10 gallons that I share with friends and family,” Gagne said.
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- Ray Gagne boils down some sap that he collected around his North River Road farmhouse in Greene on Monday afternoon. “It went from summer back to winter, and they pretty much stopped running. I’m just boiling down what I have left that was frozen before tomorrow’s storm. With the forecast, I hope to be back at it next week.” The retired retail sales representative came back to his roots instead of going the warmer climates like so many people told him to do. “I just love it here in Maine and have so much fun doing things like this. I did this when I was a kid, and now am doing it again just for fun. A couple years ago I drove past somebody doing it and thought about doing it myself. So I pulled out this old stove we had and bought a stainless steel pan. I figured I’d tap 15-20 trees but ended up with 40 the first year. I’m up to 125 this year. Last year I got 10 gallons that I share with friends and family.”
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