maple sugar
By Rebecca Andre on Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2016 - 11:53 am
Above: Sap buckets in the sun. Photo by Rebecca Andre of Mountain Girl Photography and Design.
“A sap-run is the sweet good-bye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost.” - John Burroughs, “Signs and Seasons," 1886
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By Rebecca Andre on Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2016 - 11:41 am
Above: Maple tapping by Karen Wallace, an entry in the 2016 Catskills Food Guide Photo Contest.
Want to make your own maple syrup? Here’s a step-by-step guide to small-scale backyard maple production:
Before you get started, here are some tips from the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 27, 2014 - 12:22 pm
Above: The entries in the "traditional" category of the Fleischmanns First Maple Festival's annual Maple Bake-Off, which was held last Saturday. Photo by Michelle Sidrane.
The great thing about Maple Weekend is that it's actually two weekends.
Yes, you'... Read more