Maple Syrup

The Syrup haul from this year!

My dad went with me to get this evaporator. When Zoe' saw it in pieces, not all shiny, I thought she was going to shoot me.

Man this thing really burns off the H2O.

Fire box is a roaring.

The mighty Hemlock!

Cutting down about 40 large Hemlock before they go to waste.

Timber!

Well, we've been playing with nature and this spring we tapped some of our maple trees - 11 trees in all with about 23 taps in total. I bought a used 4x6 Leader Evaporator too, to help boil off the water. The season is over for us, but it was a fun spring. Zoe's been busy over on our Baker's Acres blog with our new chickens and guineas. I've also been doing a little logging in our woods, to get siding for our 10x30 shed and hopefully lumber sawn for building a Sugar Shack later in the year.

Go Team Baker

Team Baker and good friend Hanna K - all but one are Baker's - out hiking in the woods.

Stanton Baker and Hanna Baker - right before the jump!

Braedon Baker and Brenna Baker coming down the hill!

Here's a shot of the Sovereign of the Road here in the cold... we spent today sliding and then a hike into the woods. It was a good time. The Olympics have nothing on these kids!

Antsy McClain is coming to Baker's Acres

He'll be living in aluminum while here at the June Birthday Bash!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCeaE891iS0

Check him out at http://www.unhitched.com

Enjoy everyone!!

Steroids

Just picked up this massive Flag Pole Holder on Steroids. Custom made, it hold three 16 foot 2 1/8 inch flag poles. It might require an extra u-bolt or two. What do you think?

New toy

The new shed.

1990 SKi doo Safari 2up w/ 462cc

Here's the latest toy for here on the farm. Lots of fun!

1st Annual Birthday Bash

Put the weekend of June 24-28, 2010 on your calendar... I've been working away on the 1st BB with Frank, Steve and John to be hosted here on our farm. It's gonna be a blast! Click here to see what we're talking about!

Enjoy!

Work on the farm!

Been skidding logs with the Farmall out of the woods.

With the ground hard, it's not tearing it up all that bad!

It's nice have the rear hydraulics to lift the log off the ground, it pulls alot easier.

My brother built this about 2 weeks ago. It's three 10 foot bays. This end has a overhang on it, but the other end doesn't so that we can build onto it to put a couple more bays if we need too. On the lower side, we will eventually enclose that with windows to make it a 6-8 foot x 30 foot greenhouse.

This lower side will face the sun in the am. Perfect for a greehouse in the spring.

Well, it's been a while. Been working around the farm some. We just had a fabulous Christmas with the 4 boys getting a ton of stuff - we need to have a garage sale!! I've spent the day skidding a few logs I sawed out of a few downed Hemlock in the woods. The guy that hays our fields has a portable sawmill and I'm hoping he can come over and saw me up some boards for our new 10x30 pole shed that we've put up. Enjoy everyone!

It's a boy!

Got milk?

Finn Patrick Baker - look at all that hair!

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Born around 1050pm on the 3rd of December 2009. A boy! 8lbs 2.1ozs and 21 inches long.

Some pictures from Madison

Forrest McClure sent me a few photos from the International this past summer in June. Thanks Forrest. Enjoy!

Flag Pole holders

Front side of pole holder. Nice welds!

Back side solid plate aluminum.

Another shot of the 5 poler up front with a 3 poler in the background.

I've been asked alot lately about my flag pole holders.. and yes, I still am having them made! I have three, five, and even do a 7 pole holder. Email me at airstreamnut@gmail.com if interested. I offer them in patina or polished. These things are solid and rugged..and shown not polished and will outlast your trailer! They have 1" holes - I use the telescoping 12' painter poles from Lowe's. Christmas is coming - it would make a nice Christmas present.

Our farm

Here is a link to a new "Baker's Acres of Chenango" blog I'm going to be posting on... We're hosting the 1st annual Wally Byam Birthday Bash here on the farm next June - June 24-28. There will be breakfasts, potlucks, a steak and corn dinner, birthday cake celebration and fireworks here on the farm. Enjoy!

http://bakersacresofchenango.blogspot.com/

The image! The icon! The bike! The Frenchman?

The man on the bicycle is a Frenchman M. Latourneu, in those days a very famous bicycle rider and racer. Wally Byam was an avid fan of bicycles and heard the Frenchman was invited to the United States and it got him to thinking.
Former president of the California factory, Art Costello, called the staff together to discuss an idea. Art and Wally had heard many people say they wanted to travel, but they did not care to have a heavy trailer pulled by their car. Wally remarked, "I've got to show them that an Airstream isn't any such thing as that. If they would
like to travel with an Airstream, it is not a heavy weight to pull with your car. In fact if you wanted to you could pull an Airstream with a bicycle."
Wally located Mr. Latourneu and arranged for him to come to the Airstream factory and bring his bicycle. He arrived on a May morning in 1947 and agreed to take part in the experiment. Then with Wally taking the pictures and the entire staff watching, Mr. Latourneu actually managed to pull the full size travel trailer behind his tiny racing bicycle. Airstream chose this picture as a Trademark in 1947 and it is has been used throughout our Club history. We have seen it on stationery, articles, advertisements, cups, and clothing.

The latest addition to the fleet!

I picked this truck up last week on my way down to Quantico just outside of Harrisburg. It's a 52 Studebaker Pickup model 2R11-22 with a long box and original V8. It's a project for way down the road, but I have one. It was $300. Enjoy!

Picking Apples

Sorry everyone for the long delay in photos... been on the road alot lately for work and not much has been happening in the world of Airstreams lately. Today, was a great family day. We went apple picking up here to Windy Hill Orchards up in Cassville, NY - about 30 miles from our place. It was a blast. The leaves are a turning and the apple picking was great - 1/2 a bushel of McIntosh and 1/2 a bushel of Cortlands - good eating and good for baking. Next week they open their Ida Reds and their trees were just brimming full! Here are a few photos. Enjoy! Oh, by the way, Steve "Dancin Hansen" from Minnesota was the winner of the 1964 Trade Wind raffle the town's Watershed held. Congratulations Steve!

Here we are up in Cassville, NY at Windy Hills Orchard

The Baker Boys out picking apples

Nice shot of the family leaving their market.

Stanton, Bryce and Braedon in front of Zoe's burning bush.