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Back to School: A Review of Children’s Literature on Maple
From picture books about sugaring in the olden days to modern how-to manuals for kids, children’s literature on maple...
Maple Sugaring 101: A Beach Read for Sugaring Folk
“The Maple Sugar Book” by Helen and Scott Nearing is an extensively researched, interesting, and surprisingly funny...
Introducing Another Native North American Food: The Pawpaw!
North America’s Forgotten Fruit When you think of tropical flavors like banana, mango, and pineapple, your mind...
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:...
True Crimes of Maple
Inside the sweet world of syrup, a picture of crime emerges . . . Bears, Juveniles and Wasps. . . Oh my! Poaching –...
The Sticky: A Grade A Dark Robust Dramedy
The Sticky is Loosely Based on the Great Canadian Maple Heist It's been hot. Too hot. So, the other day, we took a fan...
Planting Maples for Posterity
Here in sugar country, it is not uncommon to find oneself travelling down a country lane in the dappled shadows cast...
Maple, Archeology, and the Other Vermont Evaporator Company
This antique evaporator door was made by a Vermont Evaporator Company that operated a century ago. A customer...
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...
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...
A Guide to Collecting Maple Syrup Antiques
A Guidebook on Maple Syrup Antiques Anyone who is keen on learning about or collecting maple syrup antiques should...
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...
Homemade Maple Syrup Peaches
Peaches canned in homemade maple syrup: a north-south, east-west delicacy. Our peach tree nearly toppled over with the...
Maple: America’s Indigenous Sweet
First developed by the native peoples of North America, maple has always been an important food source in this...
Caring For Your Sugar Woods
The summer is a perfect time to start actively caring for your sugar woods. Here’s how! Every ecosystem requires...
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 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....
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 1: Mapping Invasives
The peskiest weeds in your sugar woods will be Buckthorn, Honeysuckle, and Barberry, all three found and pictured here...
2026 Maple Syrup Production by State
Maple nerd alert! The USDA has released the 2026 maple syrup crop statistics and boy are they sweet. (Sorry.) What...