by katemccabe | Jan 19, 2025 | Our Company, Products and Customers
Here are ten reasons why sugaring is one of our favorite hobbies! 1. Making maple syrup really makes our March. 2&3. Maple is good for your health! 4. Maple syrup connects us to our past and future. 5. Kids really love making maple syrup! 6. There is so much to...
by katemccabe | Jan 17, 2025 | Cooking with Maple, DIY Maple Syrup
Although, traditionally, sap is boiled down to make maple syrup, you can also enjoy the magic of maple without making syrup. Sap collected from maple trees makes a delicious, slightly sweet beverage whether consumed hot or cold. You can even use it instead of water as...
by katemccabe | Jan 8, 2025 | DIY Maple Syrup
How not to miss your maple-syrup-making window! You’re going to make maple syrup this year, and don’t want to miss your window. You’ve got all your tools and equipment ready. (If you don’t check out our new line of DIY maple syrup supplies!) But you don’t know when...
by katemccabe | Jan 6, 2025 | Beyond Maple
Why we hobby maple syrup makers are so happy and fit! Ok, that may be overstating it a bit. Hobby maple syrup makers, like regular people everywhere, come in all fitness levels. But we are willing to wager that, as folks go, we’re still a healthier-and...
by katemccabe | Dec 28, 2024 | DIY Maple Syrup
It’s almost 2025 and you’re looking for a healthy, natural, outdoor hobby to get you through to spring. Aren’t we all!? You’ve decided to try your hand at making your own maple syrup this year. Resolution maple! Excellent choice. Here’s...
by katemccabe | Dec 17, 2024 | Beyond Maple, Cooking with Maple
Last-Minute Finds that Pair Well with a Bottle of the Good Stuff We can’t tell you how many DIY maple syrup makers we talk to you in a year. It’s probably thousands! We can tell you, however, that in the average five minute conversation, most of these backyard sugar...
by katemccabe | Dec 10, 2024 | DIY Maple Syrup, Our Company, Products and Customers
Many of us DIY types make maple syrup in the spring to give away throughout the year. We’ve recently discovered the joy of rebottling our syrup in fancy, glass containers. We’ve also figured out how to transfor our homemade syrup into maple cream, candy...
by katemccabe | Nov 7, 2024 | About Maple Syrup, Beyond Maple
Sugar country, under snow, getting ready to give thanks for the abundance of food first developed in the Americas. Our indigenous peoples first cultivated more than just maple! We didn’t realize until a few years ago that November was National Native American...
by katemccabe | Nov 3, 2024 | About Maple Syrup
First developed by the native peoples of North America, maple has always been an important food source in this country. It has also been a symbol of, and vehicle for, independence and political action. British colonists protested the Sugar Act of 1764 by exclusive use...
by katemccabe | Oct 29, 2024 | Our Company, Products and Customers
The Sapling is handmade in Vermont from things sourced in maple-producing states! Fall isn’t just the season for identifying our sugar maples, jumping in leaf piles and carving pumpkins anymore! Ever since our family started the Vermont Evaporator Company, fall has...
by katemccabe | Oct 22, 2024 | About Maple Syrup, DIY Maple Syrup
Welcome to Maple School, our series on things you can learn through maple syrup. Today: The Math of Tapping a Maple Tree! You can learn many things about math through learning about how to make maple syrupa Among them are the concept of ratios, working with fractions,...
by katemccabe | Oct 17, 2024 | Cooking with Maple
Maple Sweetened Apple Butter: Cut 20 apples into eighths and place in stock pot with 1 C apple cider; cook down until mushy. Put though seive or food mill to remove seeds, stems and skin. Put in slow cooker and mix in 1 C maple syrup, juice of 1 lemon, 2 tsp each...
by katemccabe | Oct 10, 2024 | Cooking with Maple
All of a sudden it’s baking season. We’re baking with maple syrup! You? Here’s how to substitute maple syrup for other sweeteners. Plus, some of our favorite recipes. Bake away! Substituting With Maple It’s fall. Time to bake! We’ve even been baking using the cooking...
by katemccabe | Oct 3, 2024 | Cooking with Maple
If your garden is anything like ours, you are currently experiencing an overabundance of (a) cucumbers, (b) tomatoes, (c) hot peppers, (d) green beans, or (e) two or more of the above. (The plethora of zucchini goes without saying; shred them, freeze them, and stay...
by katemccabe | Oct 1, 2024 | About Maple Syrup
The early history of maple syrup unfolded right here in North America! Among other crops, Native North Americans first developed corn, beans, cotton, tobacco and maple. Unlike with the first four products, a handful of prominent European immigrants purported to take...
by katemccabe | Oct 1, 2024 | About Maple Syrup
Children’s literature on maple syrup making is prolific, varied, and fun. We highly recommend these six titles for a maple syrup story hour for your youngest, sweetest maple lovers. Sugar On Snow Sugar on Snow by Nan Parson Rossiter (copyright 2002) is a wonderful,...
by katemccabe | Aug 15, 2024 | About Maple Syrup
Inside the sweet world of syrup, a picture of crime emerges . . . Burglary, vandalism and heists, oh my! The hidden world of maple crimes, revealed. Maple Police Blotter Fraud – Vermont, July 3, 2020: Police have charged Richard Blackmer, 38, with dozens of charges...
by katemccabe | Aug 1, 2024 | Beyond Maple
Murder in the Maple Woods is a debut novel by Claire Ackroyd, a landscape designer and independent organic inspector from central Maine. Any lover of maple, mystery or Maine will enjoy this fast-paced murder mystery by debut novelist Claire Ackroyd! Where are the book...
by katemccabe | Jul 28, 2024 | Beyond Maple, Our Company, Products and Customers
Syrups Beyond Maple from Silver Lake Syrups. Dandelion, Rhubarb, Caramelized Spruce Tip and Elderflower. Here in Vermont, maple reigns supreme. And, truth be told, it may always be our favorite syrup. But there are a whole world of other natural syrups out there. We...
by katemccabe | Jul 18, 2024 | Beyond Maple
In late June, we took a family trip down to Lake Wallenpaupack, a large reservoir nestled in the Pocono Mountains. (It’s a lovely part of sugar country. Check it out!) On the way home to Vermont, all the way back through Pennsylvania and New York, you could see...
by katemccabe | Jul 14, 2024 | Our Company, Products and Customers
Wood-fired beer. It’s a thing! And we made a quick and easy Sapling Summer Kolsch to prove it! Sapling Summer Kolsch: a recipe created for Vermont Evaporator by 1st Republic Brewing Company. We’ve done it again. We’ve discovered another perfectly good use for...
by katemccabe | Jul 9, 2024 | Cooking with Maple, Our Company, Products and Customers
Cheers! You can do (just about) everything on the Sapling Everything Grill! We’re always discovering new things that we can do on our Sapling Everything Grill. So far, we grill and smoke food, bake wood-fired bread and pizza, and, when we add our Sapling...
by katemccabe | Jun 12, 2024 | Cooking with Maple, Our Company, Products and Customers
Recently, we were lucky enough to spend the day dry rub smoking on the Sapling Everything Grill with Mark Lawler, a specialty food maker, founder of Vermont’s own & Maple, and all-around good guy. Mark makes a no salt dry rub for pork and chicken for &...
by katemccabe | Jun 7, 2024 | Beyond Maple
Last weekend, compelled by a curious smell coming from the kitchen, I arrived there to find my teenage daughter engaged in that sincerest form of flattery: imitation. She, in fact, was in the process of turning the largest mound of dandelion petals I have ever seen...
by katemccabe | Apr 16, 2024 | Cooking with Maple, DIY Maple Syrup
You don’t have to be a professional maple syrup maker to enjoy sugar on snow. You don’t even have to be an amateur! Neither do you have to live in Vermont, New England or sugar country generally! All you need is a candy thermometer or maple syrup...
by katemccabe | Apr 3, 2024 | DIY Maple Syrup
Last year was our second season sugaring with lines. We mapped our sugar woods for the first time, ran lines for the first time, and didn’t have to collect sap from buckets for the first time! Oh, glory. On our Mini-Sportman Evaporator, we made 20 gallons of...
by katemccabe | Dec 18, 2023 | Cooking with Maple
Apparently, cocktails have been around forever, and, while the popularity of cocktails has waxed and waned, fancy-boozy-drinks are currently very much on the rise. All three of these things can also be said for the—timeless, enduring and currently-in-vogue—taste of...
by katemccabe | Dec 13, 2023 | Cooking with Maple
Make Maple the Star This Holiday Season! Show off your homemade maple this holiday season with specialty food and drinks. Below is a round-up of our favorite recipes that highlight maple in our holiday celebrations. Latkes and Maple Mustard Dipping Sauce: 1/2 cup...
by katemccabe | Oct 31, 2023 | Cooking with Maple, DIY Maple Syrup, Our Company, Products and Customers
Last year, we smoked our Thanksgiving turkey and apple pie on our Sapling Smoker. Delish! Whether you are hosting or bringing a dish to share, consider wood smoke as a possible addition to your ingredient list this year. After having been smoked on the Sapling...
by katemccabe | Oct 30, 2023 | Blog
Every year, we give a portion of November’s sales to an indigenous cause in observation of National Native American Heritage Month. It is our way of honoring the origins of maple, a foodway that was first developed by indigenous Americans and which has been...
by katemccabe | Sep 1, 2023 | About Maple Syrup, DIY Maple Syrup, Our Company, Products and Customers
Reverse osmosis has become ubiquitous in the maple syrup industry. But how does reverse osmosis work? What is Reverse Osmosis? Reverse osmosis is a system that separates water molecules from other substances found in liquids. Reverse osmosis systems can be found in...
by katemccabe | Sep 1, 2023 | About Maple Syrup, DIY Maple Syrup, Our Company, Products and Customers
Reverse osmosis is something that has become ubiquitous in the maple syrup industry. But what is reverse osmosis (or “RO” for short) and should you use one in your hobby maple syrup operation? Read on to find out! What is Reverse Osmosis? Simply stated,...
by katemccabe | Jul 5, 2023 | Beyond Maple, DIY Maple Syrup
The summer is a perfect time to start actively caring for your sugar woods. Here’s how! Every ecosystem requires balance, including the ecosystem that supports your maple trees. Due to human activity, balance is a bit harder to come by now than it used to be. But...
by katemccabe | May 2, 2023 | Cooking with Maple
The family that sugars together, eats together! If your family is anything like ours, though, it is made up of people with different dietary restrictions and preferences. If you are juggling vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free diets as well as serving...
by katemccabe | Dec 28, 2022 | Cooking with Maple
Forget about champagne, how about a shot of maple syrup to celebrate 2023? Here are 34 more ways to ring in the new year with maple. Brunch Ringing in the new year with mape wouldn’t be the same without brunch! Try Maple Walnut Biscuits or Paleo Scones with...
by katemccabe | Dec 14, 2022 | Maple and Backyard News
It’s maple news time! The theme of this month’s maple news roundup: change. As much as the sweet taste of maple syrup stays the same, the maple industry and the larger food industry around it changes. Several changes in maple were evident this month....
by katemccabe | Nov 9, 2022 | Maple and Backyard News
Lots of news for the maple news roundup for November, 2022, including these major takeaways: Maple is moving west! And we don’t mean West Cornwall, Vermont! (Also, what’s a “derecho?”) Maple out west, you say? You bet! Western Washington...
by katemccabe | Nov 1, 2022 | DIY Maple Syrup
You’ve started making your own maple syrup, but are still a bit stymied by some of the maple lingo out there. We offer a sugar maker’s glossary for your edification! arch – (noun) a structure that holds evaporator pans above a cookfire; the term probably originated...
by katemccabe | Oct 26, 2022 | Cooking with Maple
Pumpkin, nuts, poultry, and spice, we see you! But this year, we’re having a maple-forward harvest. Here’s how to have your maple morning, noon, and night (and eat it, too!) at this time of the year. It’s a maple-forward harvest morning with...
by katemccabe | Oct 12, 2022 | Maple and Backyard News
It’s October, and maple news abounds. In pursuit of sappiness? Check out this quick maple news roundup. New maple beverages are in the maple news. Pursuit of Sappiness by Mayflower Brewing Co. of Plymouth, Massachusetts is a Maple Brown Ale. Says the company...
by katemccabe | Sep 28, 2022 | Cooking with Maple
Maple recipes are anticipating fall by inclusion of seasonal staples like pumpkin, pork, root vegetables, nuts, and, of course, the apple! For our own Maple Sweetened Apple Butter, pictured above, cut 20 apples into eighths and place in a stock pot with 1 cup of apple...
by katemccabe | Sep 14, 2022 | Maple and Backyard News
It’s been a while since we updated you on current goings on in the world of maple. We’ve got a whole season to catch you up on. What happened in maple this summer? Here you go! Lots and lots of industry things happened in maple this summer. One of the...
by katemccabe | Jul 13, 2022 | Beyond Maple
Anyone who is keen on learning about or collecting maple syrup antiques should check out Virginia Vidler’s authoritative book on the subject: Sugar-Bush Antiques. Published in 1979, the book is way out of print, and contains some out-of-date pricing information....
by katemccabe | Jun 28, 2022 | About Maple Syrup
Maple nerd alert! The USDA has released the 2022 maple syrup crop statistics and boy are they sweet. (Sorry.) What kind of a year was 2022 for professional sugarmakers? Where does your state rank in quantity of production? Read on to find out all about the 2022 maple...
by katemccabe | Jun 16, 2022 | DIY Maple Syrup
We’ve previously named fall as an ideal time to identify maples. That’s because distinctive fall foliage helps to distinguish between sugar maples and red maples, which are often confused for each other. As it happens, even more features distinguish sugar...
by katemccabe | Apr 27, 2022 | Maple and Backyard News
Spring has sprung for maple producers and backyard enthusiasts alike. Here’s the latest on all things maple and backyard news! Maple News Maple news reports from the biggest maple syrup producing states and provinces are arriving at a brisk pace and are almost...
by katemccabe | Apr 20, 2022 | DIY Maple Syrup
Making maple syrup was the hard part. Here’s how to turn your homemade maple syrup into maple cream, maple candy and maple sugar! Search the internet for how to make maple cream, candy and sugar and you will get plenty of hits. But many of these recipes call...
by katemccabe | Apr 12, 2022 | Cooking with Maple
And here we are, just winding down our DIY maple syrup making year. We’re hearing from many corners of sugar country that it was a banner one! But if you’ve finally had your fill of sugar on snow and fresh maple syrup on pancakes and waffles, here are some...
by katemccabe | Apr 6, 2022 | DIY Maple Syrup
The season is over, and it’s time to pull your taps, and clean and store your DIY maple syrup equipment. Here are some tips! After you are finished making maple syrup for the year, it is time to clean and store your DIY maple syrup equipment. First, remove your taps...
by katemccabe | Mar 30, 2022 | Maple and Backyard News
In some backyards, maple syrup making season is just getting underway, while in others, it’s wrapping up and time to think about other backyard pursuits. Here’s what’s going on in maple and backyard news now! Maple News While sugaring season is at an...
by katemccabe | Mar 17, 2022 | Cooking with Maple
Maple recipes for high sugaring season feature quick fuel for DIY maple syrup making! Here’s how to make your maple and eat it too! Breakfast! The most important meal of any day, expecially a day spent making maple syrup. Waffles are excellent fuel for a day of...
by katemccabe | Mar 9, 2022 | DIY Maple Syrup
You’ve tapped your maple trees. You have been collecting and storing sap. The weekend approaches. It’s time to boil down, finish, filter and store some maple syrup! Here’s how! Making Maple Syrup is Simple Making maple syrup is a simple process that involves...
by katemccabe | Mar 3, 2022 | Maple and Backyard News
We’re shoveling snow, sleeping, eating and shoveling more snow up here in Vermont. Here’s what’s on for maple and backyard news in other parts of sugar country. Maple News The world lost a beloved leader of indigenous rights earlier this year when...
by katemccabe | Feb 23, 2022 | DIY Maple Syrup
The sap is running and your buckets are filling up! Time for maple sap collection and storing your sap in preparation for your first boil. Tips and tricks on collecting and storing sap for the DIY maple syrup maker ahoy! The weather is just right – freezing nights and...
by katemccabe | Feb 16, 2022 | Cooking with Maple
It’s that time of year again! DIY maple syrup making season has begun in many places. But it’s not as if we stop eating maple just because we’re tapping trees! Here’s how people are making their maple and eating it too in 2022. Maple in season?...
by katemccabe | Jan 5, 2022 | Maple and Backyard News
A month’s worth of maple and backyard news, all packaged up for you! Maple News It’s that time of the year! Our maple news bags runneth over. Let’s dive in! You may recall that December’s maple news was dominated by Canada’s...
by katemccabe | Dec 16, 2021 | Cooking with Maple
A maple-flavored holiday starts with the good stuff: 100% pure maple syrup! Are you ready for a maple-flavored holiday? Us too! Here are the recipes people are using to incorporate nature’s sweetest treat into their end-of-year holiday traditions this year! A...
by katemccabe | Dec 1, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
We’re foraging evergreens for seasonal decoration and working hard to fulfill holiday orders. What’s your maple and backyard news? Maple News The biggest maple news of the moment is this: there’s a maple syrup shortage. Did you know? Facing this...
by katemccabe | Nov 17, 2021 | Cooking with Maple
Maple Candied Pecans: Toast pecans in a cast iron pan over medium heat, stirring often, until frangrant and browning. While stirring rapidly, drizzle with maple syrup. Stir until all liquids have evaporated, take off the heat and continue stirring for one minute....
by katemccabe | Nov 4, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
Wet maple leaves carpet the floor of the sugarwoods. Rainboot weather is afoot! What’s your maple and backyard news? Maple News It’s National Native American Heritage Month, and maple people everywhere are taking notice. An Ohio sugarmaker who turns...
by katemccabe | Oct 5, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
An outbuilding. A retired boat or two. And maple trees just starting to turn in the distance. That’s what’s happening in this backyard! What’s your maple and backyard news? Maple News Is maple syrup more sustainable than cane sugar? Apparently! Will...
by katemccabe | Sep 22, 2021 | Cooking with Maple
The first day of fall means it’s time to make and can Maple Tomato Jam. Combine in stock pot 5 lb. finely chopped tomatoes, 2 1/2 C maple syrup, 1/2 C lime juice, 1 tbsp sea salt, 1 tbsp fresh grated ginger, 1 tbsp red chili flakes, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp...
by katemccabe | Sep 8, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
The colors are slow to turn this year, but, soon, we’ll have a rainbow on the grass and in the trees! Maple News Fall approaches. And with it, at least this year, mapley happenings all across sugar country. Maple syrup workshops coming up in Kentucky, maple...
by katemccabe | Aug 25, 2021 | Cooking with Maple
Dill n’ Maple Fridge Pickles: Wash and slice cukes. Put the cucumbers, a dill flower, a peeled garlic clove and 2 tablespoons of maple sugar (or syrup) in a pint jar. Fill with white vinegar and refrigerate until snack time! This is not a drill. End-of-summer is...
by katemccabe | Aug 11, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
A backyard is the greatest escape! Maple News August is traditionally a slow-news month for maple, and 2021 does not dissapoint. (Or rather, it does . . .) Quebec producers have announced that they are adding 7 million new taps next year instead of 3 million. And the...
by katemccabe | Aug 4, 2021 | About Maple Syrup, Beyond Maple, Our Company, Products and Customers
This antique evaporator door was made by a Vermont Evaporator Company that operated a century ago. A customer of this Vermont Evaporator Company found it in his sugar woods last spring! Have you encuntered the remains of a long-lost sugar camp or evaporator in your...
by katemccabe | Jul 28, 2021 | Cooking with Maple
Cooking with maple syrup using fresh seasonal vegetables and fruits is one of this summer’s culinary trends. Let’s make it last all day! The Spicy Maple Shrub: Simmer 1 cup apple cider vinegar, 1 cup of seasonal fruit, 1/3 cup of maple syrup, one cinnamon...
by katemccabe | Jul 13, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
Maple News It’s the waning days of COVID (she types, hopefully) and the supply chain is a fright. Will there be a maple syrup shortage? Yikes! These people say “yes.” Quebec is certainly thinking ahead: the province plans to add 3 million more taps...
by katemccabe | Jun 28, 2021 | Cooking with Maple
House Maple BBQ Sauce: Mix two parts maple syrup, two parts ketchup and one part apple cider vinegar. Add Worcestershire sauce and cayenne or red pepper flakes to taste. Enjoy! Ahh, eating in the summer. It’s light. It’s fresh. And it can certainly be...
by katemccabe | Jun 16, 2021 | About Maple Syrup
Audubon Vermont, the State of Vermont, and Vermont Maple Sugar Makers have teamed up to make Vermont’s working forests prime songbird habitat. The result: Bird-Friendly Maple! If you pay attention to the news about what folks are doing in their backyards these days...
by katemccabe | Jun 14, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
Maple News The numbers are in from the Northeast Region Maple Syrup Report, and national maple production in the United States was off 17% in 2021, and 21% off in Vermont, our top maple producing state (New York, Maine, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire ranked second...
by katemccabe | May 25, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
Maple News Us: “Internet, are you hungry?” Internet: “I could eat!” Maple continues to feel the online recipe love this month. Ready to refresh your cooking? Check out these new ways to eat maple. In the morning, choose Citrus Cream Cheese...
by katemccabe | May 19, 2021 | Beyond Maple, DIY Maple Syrup
When you think of Philadelphia, you don’t think of maple syrup. Right? Cheese steaks and scrapple, sure! (Also, Rocky and the Liberty Bell.) But not maple. There’s now a chance that might change, thanks to the creative ingenuity of folks in...
by katemccabe | May 12, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
Backyard sugar house in spring. Maple News It’s May. So as far as maple news goes, it’s mostly about slathering that fresh harvest on something and eating it! Start strong and sweet with Cornflake Crusted French Toast, Apple Pie French Toast, Campfire...
by katemccabe | Apr 28, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
Spring rain brings red maple buds to the forest floor. Maple News The seasonal wrap ups are wrapping up for the year. Vermont sugarmakers report yielding only 40% to 70% of an average crop, and the story sounds much the same in Quebec, where, despite there being...
by katemccabe | Apr 14, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
Wild leeks, also called ramps, just coming up at the base of a maple tree. When the ramps come, the sugaring season goes. We’re calling it: 2021 is the year of the DIY maple syrup maker! From Missouri to Prince Edward Island, from Minnesota (also here and here)...
by katemccabe | Mar 26, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
Maple News Maple news is pouring in from all over maple country. Rhode Island (state tree: Sugar Maple) has seen its season come and go, as has Connecticut (where maple syrup is hailed as the state’s first agricultural product). The season was short and sweet,...
by katemccabe | Mar 11, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
Maple News And, we’re cookin’! Maple syrup production is officially in full swing across the United States and Canada! In some places, producers report that the season started early this year, while in other places, folks say their areas got a late start....
by katemccabe | Feb 24, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
Maple News At long last! Sugaring season opens across the country, and it’s a snowy one! The steam is rising from sugar houses in New Hampshire, the ceremonial first tree-tapping is scheduled in Wisconsin, and people are coming together from different walks of...
by katemccabe | Feb 11, 2021 | Maple and Backyard News
Maple News It’s getting to be that time of year! Time to learn how to make maple syrup (at least virtually), visit local sugar houses, and try a maple-flavored craft beer styled after Bernie Sanders’s now-iconic mitten-pose (“S’mitten...
by katemccabe | Nov 4, 2020 | Cooking with Maple
Oy! The pressure. Good thing there’s baking. And good thing there’s maple. Here’s how to substitute maple syrup for other sweeteners. Stress-bake away! Hummingbird cake, a southern delicacy, shown here made with maple instead of honey, frosted with maple buttercream...
by katemccabe | Jun 2, 2020 | Our Company, Products and Customers
File under “Boring but Important” if you must, but here’s what we’re doing to keep ourselves – and you – safe! As businesses reopen around our state and yours, know that our level of commitment to doing things the safe, right and responsible way has never wavered....
by katemccabe | May 23, 2020 | Beyond Maple, Our Company, Products and Customers
This Memorial Day Weekend will find us in the garden and at the grill, as usual, but, after two months of family lockdown, we’re adding a new element to our traditional long-weekend staycation. A new firepit! A new firepit will provide a new focus for household fun...
by katemccabe | Dec 15, 2019 | About Maple Syrup
Books make great gifts for maple lovers of all ages! At gift-giving time, my coworker and sister-in-law Nikki has a mantra: “something they want, something they need, something to wear and something to read.” I like it. It offers a limiting principle for those who...
by katemccabe | Nov 28, 2019 | Our Company, Products and Customers
How Vermont Evaporator is kind, responsible and thankful in business. Hi. We’re Nikki and Kate. We manufacture and sell backyard maple syrup making equipment for regular people. We help families get into their woods and make something delicious together. We feel good...
by katemccabe | Nov 1, 2019 | About Maple Syrup, Our Company, Products and Customers
Join us in observing Native American Heritage Month this year by giving thanks for maple! Nikki Whelley, Vermont Evaporator COO, and Kate Whelley McCabe, Vermont Evaporator CEO, feeling thankful for this tall stack of pancakes covered with the maple syrup they made on...
