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The sap is running at Babel's Sugar Shack

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Winnie supervises
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Jeff Babel and his golden retriever Winnie outside the shack on his way to tap a couple of trees.

 Allegra Boverman/Union Leader
Attaching a bucket
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Jeff Babel attaches a bucket with a liner to one of his trees after making a new tap on it on the grounds of Babel’s Sugar Shack in Mason last week.
A look inside the evaporator
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Sap bubbles and boils in the evaporator.

Babel’s Sugar Shack of Mason has already been busy tapping trees and collecting sap.

Jeff Babel said sap is running a little bit early right now in southern New Hampshire. Last week, Babel, with his friend Marc Dorward of Derry helping him, boiled 225 gallons of sap he collected last Wednesday and 300 gallons he collected last Tuesday.

Attaching a tap
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Babel attaches a new tap to one of his trees.
The evaporator
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Marc Dorward, left, and Jeff Babel use a timer to tell them when to periodically load more wood into the furnace of the evaporator.

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