{"id":29581,"date":"2017-04-13T06:27:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T10:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=29581"},"modified":"2018-10-01T13:10:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T17:10:13","slug":"sugar-rush-meet-martin-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/sugar-rush-meet-martin-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar rush: Meet the Martin family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every week, I will be profiling an extraordinary human being who lives in our community. If you know someone who is doing something interesting with their life, I want to hear about it. Send me an email at laura.maclean@doppleronline.ca.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Last year, we profiled Tom Stehr of Sugarbush Hill Maple Farm<\/a><\/span>, who uses the newest and most efficient equipment to make maple syrup. As the maple season wraps up, Doppler’s Laura MacLean is profiling a local family who have enjoyed producing the sweet stuff the old-fashioned way for four generations.<\/i><\/p>\n

Way back in the bush, off the beaten path, there’s a neat, little, rustic log cabin.<\/p>\n

It’s actually a sugar shack, and it was built by Marvin Martin back in the late 1970s. He wanted a place that would pose as living quarters for him and his family when it came time for the annual maple syrup season. For an intense six-week period out of every year, the log cabin\/sugar shack would be their home away from home. Of course, there was always room (and delicious home-cooked meals prepared by Marvin’s loving wife, Betty) for other family members and friends who wanted to stop by and lend a hand. It provided all the necessities to be comfortable and all the amenities to be fairly self-sufficient while being hard at work in the bush.<\/p>\n\n\t\t