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I set the first spile yesterday, and today I set the second
Sapping season has ended. It was an on and off experience this year, and procuction was down by about a third. But it is my most beloved late winter activity. I especially enjoy adding the product to ice cream, baked beans, and just about anything else yo can think of! Here is a video I …
I have a very small "sugar bush." A sugar bush is a collection of trees that are used in spring for making maple syrup. our output peaks in pints per day when it peaks, not gallons. We average about three gallons in the season, and that is plenty for our family needs. We are just …
It is that time of year. At last, the first tap went in, the first bucket hung, and the first drops of sap fell. It's maple syrup time.Now, if it is warm in the days and cool at night, I'll soon be boiling sap for syrup.Like a watched pot not boiling, a watched bucket won't …
Syrup season ended early for us due to contractors on the property and outside commitments. As a result, we pulled out taps early and missed half of the season and half of the maple syrup we could have harvested.
As you probably know, maple sap is mostly water. So to get syrup, you boil off all that water. In the meantime, all that heat from boiling and all that water make the home a moist warm environment.
We have started making the sweet maple syrup.The following post talks about how I learned and became involved in this annual ritual. A video from 2018 is also attached:
I'm posting this as part of Fandango's Flashback Friday. Originally published on April 2 of last year:
Hidden in every February is the coming spring.
A botanist assured me once that even here in New England, some flower is in bloom in every month of the year.
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