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    Maple Sugaring and Me; 150 Years of the Pease Family Maple Sugaring in New Hampshire
    Maple Sugaring and Me; 150 Years of the Pease Family Maple Sugaring in New Hampshire
    Maple Sugaring and Me; 150 Years of the Pease Family Maple Sugaring in New Hampshire
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    Maple Sugaring and Me; 150 Years of the Pease Family Maple Sugaring in New Hampshire

    By Rita Pease

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    A short book containing a history of Maple sugaring in New Hampshire. It tells of my own experiences as a small child growing up in Exeter and of my husband's family and sugaring over the last 150 years. It also includes recipes for the season.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRita Pease
    Release dateFeb 18, 2014
    ISBN9781310416316
    Maple Sugaring and Me; 150 Years of the Pease Family Maple Sugaring in New Hampshire
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    Rita Pease

    Rita “Toni” Pease, a homemaker from Orford, New Hampshire, has found much joy in penning her numerous poems, many published by Poetry.com. Now, the retelling of her dramatic experience with husband Jerry has begun a new avenue as novelist; by which she is destined to bring us more fascinating stories in her literary journey.

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      Maple Sugaring and Me; 150 Years of the Pease Family Maple Sugaring in New Hampshire - Rita Pease

      Maple Sugaring and Me

      150 Years of the Pease Family

      Maple Sugaring, Orford, NH

      Published by Rita Toni Pease at Smashwords

      Copyright © 2014 Rita Pease

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Preface

      This book started from my era, but being in a family with over 150 years in sugaring had me wanting to explain how the generations started.

      This is a book full of hard labor with the love of sugaring, making that pure maple syrup. You will see pictures of most all my family.

      All our families have been raised helping to gather that sap to make the real, pure maple syrup. Some have grown and spread out, occasionally stopping to recall the old days of sugaring. My husband left the farm before we married, but he did not leave sugaring.

      My children followed my husband through the beginning of his own sugar house following the old generations and passing it still to the younger family members. Our sugaring continues on and we as parents, grandparents, and great grandparents are blessed that we are still around to see and maybe even help out.

      One thing from a woman’s point of view in sugaring is when we are with young children we not only do what is needed in the home, but we go out into the sugar bush to help and then to help the children gather and to watch over them as the head sugar maker directs and shows what is needed to be done. Then the wife,

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