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DIY Maple Syrup
Cleaning and Storing DIY Maple Syrup Equipment
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...
Anyone Can Make Sugar On Snow
Mar 23, 2022| 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!...
DIY Maple Syrup: Making, Filtering and Storing Syrup
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...
Collecting and Storing Sap for DIY Maple Syrup
Feb 23, 2022| DIY Maple Syrup
The sap is running and your buckets are filling up! Time to collect and store your sap in preparation for your first...
DIY Maple Syrup: How to Tap
Jan 19, 2022| DIY Maple Syrup
You’ve decided to make maple syrup this year and you’ve determined that it’s time to tap your trees. Great! Here’s...
Resolution: Maple
Dec 22, 2021| DIY Maple Syrup
It's almost 2022 and you're looking for a healthy, natural, outdoor hobby to get you through to spring. Aren't we...
DIY Maple Gifting
Dec 8, 2021| DIY Maple Syrup, Our Company, Our Products, Our Customers
Many of us DIY types make maple syrup in the spring to give away throughout the year. We've recently discovered the...
DIY Maple Syrup: All About Sugar Wood
Sep 29, 2021| DIY Maple Syrup
It's a perfect fall day in New England. Time for us to put in fuel for next spring's DIY maple syrup making...
DIY Maple Syrup: Time to Identify Your Trees!
Sep 15, 2021| About Maple Syrup, DIY Maple Syrup
Fall is just about here again. Time to escape into the woods. The leaves have started to turn, the air is crisp, the...
Learning with Maple
Sep 2, 2021| About Maple Syrup, DIY Maple Syrup, Our Company, Our Products, Our Customers
We are excited to announce the debut of our At School webpage! Here you can find many ways to engage kids, both big...
Maple: The New Urban Tradition
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...
DIY Maple Syrup: Caring For Your Sugar Woods
May 5, 2021| Beyond Maple, DIY Maple Syrup
The spring is a perfect time to start actively caring for your sugar woods. Here’s how! Every ecosystem requires...
DIY Maple Syrup: Why a Continuous-Flow Pan is Better Than a Flat Pan
Feb 12, 2021| DIY Maple Syrup, Our Company, Our Products, Our Customers
At Vermont Evaporator Company, all our DIY maple syrup equipment features “baffled” or “continuous flow” pans because...
DIY Maple Syrup: When to Tap
Jan 13, 2021| 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...
Maple School: The Math of Tapping a Maple Tree
Apr 3, 2020| About Maple Syrup, DIY Maple Syrup
Welcome to Maple School, our series on things kids can learn through maple syrup. First up is The Math of Tapping a...
DIY Maple Syrup: A Sugar Maker’s Glossary
Mar 28, 2020| 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...
DIY Maple Syrup: Making Maple on the Sapling
Mar 1, 2020| DIY Maple Syrup, Our Company, Our Products, Our Customers
Making maple syrup on the Sapling Evaporator is easy! Here’s how. Technical posts, technical posts, and more technical...
Resolve to Make Your Own Maple Syrup This Year (It’s Easy!)
Dec 31, 2019| DIY Maple Syrup
If you've identified your maple trees, everything else you need to know in order to make maple syrup in your backyard...
Smoke your Thanksgiving
Nov 15, 2019| Cooking with Maple, DIY Maple Syrup, Our Company, Our Products, Our Customers
Last year, we smoked our Thanksgiving turkey and apple pie on our Sapling Smoker. Delish! Whether you are hosting or...
How to Holiday Shop for your Backyard Sugar Maker
Nov 27, 2018| DIY Maple Syrup
Back by popular demand! For the month of December, all orders come “gift wrapped” with a big red bow! The hubbub of...
DIY Maple Syrup: Fall is the Best Time to Identify Maples!
Sep 28, 2018| DIY Maple Syrup
The leaves are turning colors here in the north country! It’s officially fall! Time to get out there and tag the...
DIY Maple Syrup: All About Sugar Wood
Sep 5, 2018| DIY Maple Syrup
Not to be confused with “sugar woods,” a.k.a. the “sugar bush,” or “sugar stand,” “sugar wood” refers to the fuel you...
The Easiest Way to Start your Backyard Sugaring Hobby!
Feb 5, 2018| DIY Maple Syrup
There’s no easier way to start your backyard sugaring hobby than with the Sapling Evaporator from the Vermont...