Michael Greer finishes his maple syrup in Potsdam. He does the final evaporating on a gas stove to get the temperature and water content just right. Photo by Ricky Blackburn. 2017. Potsdam, NY. For more information, check out our story on Michael Greer’s unconventional sugaring operation.
Michael Greer watches his maple sap evaporate into syrup inside his sugarhouse. Photo by Ricky Blackburn. 2017. Potsdam, NY. For more information, check out our story on Michael Greer’s unconventional sugaring operation.
Michael Greer pouring maple sap into a filter. The sap then runs down a tube and is put into a collecting tank near his sugar house. Photo by Ricky Blackburn. 2017. Potsdam, NY. For more information, check out our story on Michael Greer’s unconventional sugaring operation.
Michael Greer collecting sap from a maple tree in downtown Potsdam. He taps around 450 maple trees, only a few of which are his own. The rest come from roughly 25 property owners who give allow him to tap their trees in return for a cut of the syrup. Photo by Ricky Blackburn. 2017. Potsdam, […]
Ben Kemp in Sensibiliti Teas, his tea shop in the Shirt Factory, a repurposed shirt factory in Glens Falls. Photo courtesy of The Shirt Factory. Glens Falls, NY. Check out our story on the Shirt Factory here.
Dustin Saam of Dustin Saam Violins crafting a violin in his shop at The Shirt Factory, a repurposed shirt factory in Glens Falls. Photo courtesy of The Shirt Factory. Glens Falls, NY. Check out our story on the Shirt Factory here.
Pictured is farrier Bill Balling on the job, shoeing the hoof of a draft horse in Waddington. Bill Balling, whose home is in Hermon, worked as a farrier all over Saint Lawrence County , trimming and shoeing the hooves of horses, from riding horses to draft horses to hobby horses. Photo taken circa the mid-1990s. Waddington, NY. […]
Pictured is farrier Bill Balling on the job, shoeing a draft horse in Waddington with a shoe that he cast. Bill Balling, whose home is in Hermon, worked as a farrier all over Saint Lawrence County , trimming and shoeing the hooves of horses, from riding horses to draft horses to hobby horses. Photo taken […]
Pictured is farrier Bill Balling on the job, trimming the hooves of a draft horse in Waddington. Bill Balling, whose home is in Hermon, worked as a farrier all over Saint Lawrence County , trimming and shoeing the hooves of horses, from riding horses to draft horses to hobby horses. Photo taken circa the mid-1990s. […]
Luthier Dave Nichols standing in his shop, Custom Pearl Inlay. 2017. Malone, NY. Photo taken by Andy Flynn. For more about Nichols’ love of building guitars and doing custom inlay projects, check out the full North Country at Work story here.
