Maple time soon

[BillinOregon]

Supplies are available from many places. Here is one: https://www.bascommaple.com/
Youtube has a zillion videos of maple sugaring.

 

[Tom A Hawk]

Its time and I'm boiling. Trees were running a steady stream yesterday. Anybody else?

 

[old ugly]

Last year I tapped some birch but that was April before the sap started. Probably Cold longer here. At least another month before we’re ready I suspect.
Ou
Tom

 

[Badgerfarm]

Whatever it takes the effort is well worth it. There is no syrup that I can think of that can compare to real maple syrup on hot pecan waffles with lots of butter. It's a true gift of nature like my wild raspberry plants here in the Ozarks. The birch and walnut syrup sounds interesting. I have hundreds of black walnut trees here on my place.

 

[Ames]

Its time and I'm boiling. Trees were running a steady stream yesterday. Anybody else?

Season is over up here.

 

[franky4me]

Have no idea how the Maple thing works from trees. Can someone give me the run down how it works? And can you use it right from the tree or do you have to add something to it? Thanks

All trees have sap going up in the spring and some sugar in that sap.. Maple Trees have about 2.5% sugar in the sap ...compared to birch for instance that has 0.4%... Maple syrup is simply boiled maple sap until the sugar content gets to 60% . Commercial opperators use reverse osmosis to speed up the process of getting the water out and only boil condensed sap ! In areas where winters are relatively mild sap also contains a lot of other nutients giving a very dark and strong tasting syrup areas where witers are colder with more snow the sap will be more aboundant and clearer giving a paler syrup with a better milder taste . Nothing is ever added to REAL maple syrup !

 

[Juice Jaws]

All trees have sap going up in the spring and some sugar in that sap.. Maple Trees have about 2.5% sugar in the sap ...compared to birch for instance that has 0.4%... Maple syrup is simply boiled maple sap until the sugar content gets to 60% . Commercial opperators use reverse osmosis to speed up the process of getting the water out and only boil condensed sap ! In areas where winters are relatively mild sap also contains a lot of other nutients giving a very dark and strong tasting syrup areas where witers are colder with more snow the sap will be more aboundant and clearer giving a paler syrup with a better milder taste . Nothing is ever added to REAL maple syrup !

Thanks,