Last year, we helped Elliot collect maple syrup from his trees and this year I decided to try it from our house.
We scoped out the silver maples and sugar maples before the leaves fell and waited.....
This week we started the process which only last about 10-20 days and it does take about 10 gallons of sap to make a quart of syrup.
Maple syrup is made in a natural 2-step process:
- A hole is drilled in the maple tree. Then the sugary circulating fluid leaks out and is collected into a container. As long as the tree is larger than 12 inches around and southern faced it does not harm the tree.
- The sugary fluid is boiled until most of the water evaporates, leaving a thick sugary syrup. This part takes SOME time......
It has been consumed for many centuries in North America… since the times of the Indians.
Over 80% of the world’s supply is now produced in Canada.
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| OUR FIRST ROUND!! |
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| Coraline and I are actually in this picture |
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| Please note the child in the back licking the sap off the spout - we do not have the sanitary part down just yet. |
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