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Maple on the Hiking Trail
We went hiking this summer on the Appalachian Trail, and we brought our homemade maple syrup with us! Both maple syrup...
Handmade in Vermont – Sourced in Sugar Country
The Sapling is handmade in Vermont from things sourced in maple-producing states! Fall isn’t just the season...
Homemade Maple Syrup Peaches
Peaches canned in homemade maple syrup: a north-south, east-west delicacy. Our peach tree nearly toppled over with the...
Wood-Fired Beer: Brewing up the Sapling Summer Kolsch
Wood-fired beer. It’s a thing! And we made a quick and easy Sapling Summer Kolsch to prove it! Sapling Summer Kolsch:...
Doing (Just About) Everything on the Sapling Everything Grill
Cheers! You can do (just about) everything on the Sapling Everything Grill! We're always discovering new things that...
Baking Wood-Fired Bread on the Sapling
Wood-Fired Baking on the Sapling Baking bread on the Sapling is easy, delicious, and fun! If there's nothing quite...
How to Make Elderflower Syrup
In late June, we took a family trip down to Lake Wallenpaupack, a large reservoir nestled in the Pocono Mountains....
How to Make Dandelion Syrup
Last weekend, compelled by a curious smell coming from the kitchen, I arrived there to find my teenage daughter...
Hydrating Summer Drinks Made with Maple
We’ve been making our own maple syrup at home for ten years now. In addition to giving us a productive way to spend...
Caring for Your Sugar Woods Part 3: Removing Invasive Species
When setting out to remove invasive species, bring loppers, a hand saw, burlap, twine, a handcart, and a good-natured...
Caring For Your Sugar Woods Part 2: Cultivating an Ideal Suite of Tree Species
A very young red maple seedling rescued from the garden and waiting to be planted in our sugar woods. Cultivating red...
Caring for your Sugar Woods Part 1: Mapping Invasives
The peskiest weeds in your sugar woods will be Buckthorn, Honeysuckle, and Barberry, all three found and pictured here...
Caring for your Sugar Woods in a Changing Climate: An Introduction
It seems that a lot has been written about the connection between climate change and maple syrup making recently....
Five Maple Salad Dressings
This sugaring season, a guest of the sugar house had a good question for me. "What do you use maple in that others...
Grilling on the Sapling
Multipurpose for Multi-Season Fun We love our Sapling Evaporator for making maple syrup in the early spring. When we...
Grilling with Maple Syrup for All Diets
The family that sugars together, eats together! If your family is anything like ours, though, it is made up of people...
The Origins of Vermont’s Maple Creemee
Dr. Matthew Thomas graciously allowed us to republish this article on the origins of Vermont's maple creemee that...
End of Season Clean Up: Pulling Taps and Flushing Lines
It Was the Best of Years, It Was the Worst of Years 2023 was our first sugaring with lines. We mapped our sugar woods...
Cleaning and Storing DIY Maple Syrup Equipment
The season is over, and it’s time to pull your taps, and clean and store your DIY maple syrup equipment. Here are some...
DIY Maple Syrup: Making Maple Cream, Candy and Sugar
Making maple syrup was the hard part. Here’s how to turn your homemade maple syrup into maple cream, maple...