We had an inch of snow last night but daytime temps have been above freezing for at least a week now. That means I’m late to the party. Oh well. Trees are tapped now. And here I planned on tapping trees on Valentines day. Silly me.
Let me know if you are tapping your trees this year. Have you collected any sap yet?
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No trees to tap, except Big Leaf Maples, and we don’t have very many 😦
Sounds yummy!
We have maple trees, but no one taps them out here – I think we don’t get cold enough temps to do the right thing to the sap (you can tell I know a lot about the process). My husband knows how it’s done though – he’s from New Brunswick, and his brother sends us our years supply of maple syrup every Christmas. My kids have no idea who Aunt Jemima is.
We prefer to keep our maple sugar form but the tricky part is getting it to sugar without burning it to the pan. Along the way a mug of hot sap feels good going down.
You need night time temps below freezing. Looks like you don’t get that very often. You should keep bees.
MMM Honey. I wish I had a reliable source. Syrup is nice, too. But I especially like honey.
Well, have I got a deal for you. I’ll make the hive boxes a bit smaller so you can manage them…