The weather just got cold here. By cold, I mean freezing at night. Which has been biologically proven to make me start thinking about making maple syrup again. The weather seems perfect…25 degrees Fahrenheit overnight and mid-40s during the day. This begs the question: can you tap maple trees in…
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Which side of maple trees produces syrup best? How to decide the best place to tap
I have recently started to enjoy the hobby of making maple syrup from two ordinary maple trees in my backyard, but being a guy who grew up in a city, I don’t exactly have a wealth of farming and sugaring knowledge to draw from. Read, fire, aim was how I…
How much maple syrup from one tree each year?
The amount of maple syrup you can make with the sap collected from a single tree will vary based on a few important factors, like the size and location of the tree, the relative vigor of the tree, the daily temperature swings, and the timing of when you tap the…
When is maple syrup harvest season?
A few years ago, I set out to make my own maple syrup from scratch, using the sap collected from a silver maple tree in my yard. I’m still figuring things out, but here is what I’ve learned about the maple syrup harvest season. The maple syrup harvest season will…
Does maple sap flow immediately after a hard freeze?
It was C-O-L-D the last two days. The temperature was in the single digits. On Monday, it went down to 6 degrees. On Tuesday, the high was 30. Today, the temperature got up to 44 at 9 pm with the temperature still rising. My hope was that today would be…
