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Making Maple Syrup III: Boiling

Posted on07. Apr, 2010 by Tonia.

Boiling is my favorite part of the syrup making process. It is also the most tedious of all the steps. My dad is the boiling master, but Mike has been slowly aquiring the skills from him over the past couple seasons {we plan to carry on the tradition someday with our own kids.}

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Making Maple Syrup: Tapping

Posted on04. Apr, 2010 by Tonia.

Sweet, buttery, sticky, wonderful maple syrup has been made in my family for 23 years now. Back in the day, we used to tap 1,100 trees on our land, pouring what we collected into a big tank on a sleigh, pulled by a draft horse. It was a lot of work, but we were never short on help {all we had to tell people was that they could take home some syrup, and they’d show up to help all season long.} Even though we have scaled the operation back in recent years {we no longer have our horses, so we do all the collection on foot now}, syruping is still a beloved family “chore” that brings us together every spring.

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