On the afternoon of March 1st, I tapped 11 sugar maple trees around our nature museum and sugar house. The weather conditions were ideal for a great first run of sap - mid 40's, sunny, and clear skies.
Here's a quick video of one of the freshly tapped trees:
This bucket was completely full of sap by 1:30pm the following afternoon. If ideal conditions persist, we'll have a wonderful harvest this year.
During the coming weeks, we'll be converting the clear, sugary sap into sweet, sticky syrup. Stop by on March 5 at 11am or March 13 at 2pm to see one of our maple sugaring demonstrations!
-Adam Zorn, Naturalist
1 comment:
I gotta pick some up from the store. I really wanna try this.
-Tj
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