From Our Blog
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...
Maple: The New Urban Tradition
Urban Sugaring in Philadelphia When you think of Philadelphia, you don't think of maple syrup. Right? Cheese steaks...
Maple at Main Street Middle School
For four years, Vermont Evaporator Company helped teachers and kids make maple syrup at Main Street Middle School...
How to Smoke on the Sapling
Multipurpose for multi-season fun We love our Sapling Evaporator for making maple syrup in late winter and early...
How to Make Elderflower Syrup
In late June a few years ago, we took a family trip down to Lake Wallenpaupack, a large reservoir nestled in the...
How to Grill and Smoke on the Sapling Everything Grill
DIY maple syrup season is over, but grilling season is here! Here’s how to grill and smoke on the Sapling Everything...
From Polish Forests to Your Table: Birch Syrup with Bartosz Belina-Prażmowsk
An Email from Poland A few years ago, an email from Poland hit the inbox. Would we please handle the export of...