There's a food you might not know about yet. It's called apple cider syrup. It's also called "boiled cider," and...
Beyond Maple
Six Notorious Pests of Maple
What could be a better warm-weather, maple-related blogpost than the bug-villains of the sugarbush? We’re talking...
How to Collect Maple Syrup Antiques
Anyone who is keen on learning about or collecting maple syrup antiques should check out Virginia Vidler's...
Beyond Maple: How to Make Dandelion Syrup
Last weekend, compelled by a curious smell coming from the kitchen, I arrived there to find my teenage daughter...
The Health Benefits of Being in the Woods
Why we hobby maple syrup makers are so happy and fit! Ok, that may be overstating it a bit. Hobby maple syrup makers,...
Our Indigenous Peoples First Cultivated More than Just Maple
Sugar country, under snow, getting ready to give thanks for the abundance of food first developed in the Americas. Our...
Beyond Maple: Tasting Syrups Made from Trees, Flowers and Fruits
Syrups Beyond Maple from Silver Lake Syrups. Dandelion, Rhubarb, Caramelized Spruce Tip and Elderflower. Here in...
Murder in the Maple Woods
Murder in the Maple Woods is a debut novel by Claire Ackroyd, a landscape designer and independent organic inspector...
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: The New Urban Tradition
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
The spring is a perfect time to start actively caring for your sugar woods. Here’s how! Every ecosystem requires...
What to Give with that Homemade Maple Syrup
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...
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...
Just Add Firepit: An Instant Backyard Staycation
This Memorial Day Weekend will find us in the garden and at the grill, as usual, but, after two months of family...
Baking Wood-Fired Bread on the Sapling Everything Grill
How to make delicious, fresh, wood-fire bread on the Sapling Everything Grill! Perfection: King Arthur Flour’s...
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...
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....
Happy Christmas to All!
‘Twas the Friday before Christmas and all through the shop, machinery was whirring, with a chug, clang, and pop! The...
Beyond Maple Sugaring: A Year in Homemade Syrups
The flower of the elderberry, which blooms in midsummer, can be used to make syrup too. While there are cultivars,...
Climate Change and Maple Sugaring
OK. Enough bucolic wandering through the forest to identify the best trees for sugaring. Enough feel-good homemade...
One, Two, Three… That’s a Tappable Tree!
Now that the leaves are in for the summer, it’s a good time to think about which trees you’d like to tap for next...