From Our Blog
Repackaging Maple for Gifts
Dec 12, 2023| DIY Maple Syrup
Repackaging your homemade maple for gifts is an easy process. You can repackage your maple syrup in smaller bottles or...
Making Maple Syrup On A Budget
Dec 5, 2023| DIY Maple Syrup
Thinking of making your own maple syrup this season? Overwhelmed with decisions about what to buy, and how much...
Maple: America’s Indigenous Sweet
Nov 1, 2023| About Maple Syrup
First developed by the native peoples of North America, maple has always been an important food source in this...
Our Indigenous Peoples First Cultivated More than Just Maple
Nov 1, 2023| 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...
Smoke your Thanksgiving
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...
Introducing Alnôbaiwi
Oct 30, 2023| Uncategorized
Every year, we give a portion of November's sales to an indigenous cause in observation of National Native American...
Maple in Harvest Food
Oct 17, 2023| 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...
Preserving with Maple
Oct 7, 2023| Cooking with Maple
If your garden is anything like ours, you are currently experiencing an overabundance of (a) cucumbers, (b) tomatoes,...
Time to Identify Your Maple Trees!
Sep 15, 2023| 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, and...
Apple Cider Syrup: The Other American Syrup
Sep 11, 2023| Beyond Maple, Our Company, Products and Customers
Here at the Vermont Evaporator Company, we're a bit obsessed with all things syrup. We're focused most of the year on...
How Does Reverse Osmosis Work, Anyway?
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...
What is Reverse Osmosis and Should I use It?
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...
Maple on the Hiking Trail
Aug 30, 2023| About Maple Syrup, Beyond Maple
We went hiking this summer on the Appalachian Trail, and we brought our homemade maple syrup with us! Both maple syrup...
Wood-Fired Beer: Brewing up the Sapling Summer Kolsch
Aug 14, 2023| 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:...
Doing (Just About) Everything on the Sapling Everything Grill
Aug 9, 2023| 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...
Six Notorious Pests of Maple
Aug 3, 2023| Beyond Maple
What could be a better warm-weather, maple-related blogpost than the bug-villains of the sugarbush? We’re talking...
Baking Wood-Fired Bread on the Sapling
Jul 26, 2023| Cooking with Maple, Our Company, Products and Customers
Wood-Fired Baking on the Sapling Baking bread on the Sapling is easy, delicious, and fun! If there's nothing quite...
How to Make Elderflower Syrup
Jul 18, 2023| Beyond Maple
In late June, we took a family trip down to Lake Wallenpaupack, a large reservoir nestled in the Pocono Mountains....
Wood-Fired Pizza on the Sapling
Jul 13, 2023| Cooking with Maple, Our Company, Products and Customers
Wood-Fired Baking and Pizza on the Sapling You don't need a fancy outdoor kitchen for fancy wood-fired breads....
Caring For Your Sugar Woods
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...