We like to plan out the maple tapping around Valentine's Day.  For anyone new to sugaring on their land, the first step is knowing which trees are good maples for tapping.  If you did not identify them in the Summer when the iconic maple leaves were easy to spot, don't fret.  It is absolutely possible to…

Late winter is tree tapping season! Learn how to tap trees, which trees you can tap, and how to make your own homemade syrup from the sap!

Late winter is tree tapping season! Learn how to tap trees, which trees you can tap, and how to make your own homemade syrup from the sap!

Late winter is tree tapping season! Learn how to tap trees, which trees you can tap, and how to make your own homemade syrup from the sap!

Maple Syrup Making: Identifying Trees & Equipment Needed This is part two of our Maple Syrup Making Series. In this post, we will talk about Identifying Maple Trees and the Equipment Needed for Tapping and cooking the sap. We will discuss the 3 of the most popular ways to tap your trees with the pros

Maple Syrup Making: Identifying Trees & Equipment Needed This is part two of our Maple Syrup Making Series. In this post, we will talk about Identifying Maple Trees and the Equipment Needed for Tapping and cooking the sap. We will discuss the 3 of the most popular ways to tap your trees with the pros

Late winter is tree tapping season! Learn how to tap trees, which trees you can tap, and how to make your own homemade syrup from the sap!

Late winter is tree tapping season! Learn how to tap trees, which trees you can tap, and how to make your own homemade syrup from the sap!

The weather has been cooperating nicely for sugaring season this year. It looks like we're going to get at least twice as much syrup as we did last year. In the

  Let me be serious for a moment.   1. That is the number of maple trees in my backyard. 360.  THAT is the conservative estimate of how many bags of maple leaves I’ve raked up and put out to the curb since I moved into this house 10 or … Continue reading →

Examine the leaves, bark, and fruit of a sugar mapleThe sugar maple tree (Acer saccharum) grows abundantly in the northeastern part of North America: the northeastern United States (including as far south as Tennessee) and the southeastern...

How to Tap Maple Trees - a simple, step-by-step tutorial that answers all of your questions about tapping maple trees!

So you want to learn how to make maple syrup! This detailed guide for hopeful backyard syrup makers will answer all the questions you have.

3 Ways to Identify Sugar Maple Trees - wikiHow | Maple tree tattoos, Maple tree, Sugar maple

The weather is just right – and you’ve been diligently checking your buckets since you tapped them. One day, your small sugar stand rings with the

Have you been wondering if it would be faster to freeze off the water in your sap instead of boiling it down? We’ve all found our sap buckets with chunks

Steve Mitman from MaineSugarworks.com shares his "first evaporator" experiences and about his business today. Great post. http://www.mainesugarworks.com/10-steps-to-make-maple-syrup.html

If you live in the northern latitudes, I hope you have had an opportunity to go maple sugaring. If you are too far south, try turning maple syrup into maple sugar candy to explore the science of th…

If you live in the northern latitudes, I hope you have had an opportunity to go maple sugaring. If you are too far south, try turning maple syrup into maple sugar candy to explore the science of th…