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Homemade Maple Syrup Peaches
Peaches canned in homemade maple syrup: a north-south, east-west delicacy. Our peach tree nearly toppled over with the...
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:...
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...
How to Make Elderflower Syrup
In late June, we took a family trip down to Lake Wallenpaupack, a large reservoir nestled in the Pocono Mountains....
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...
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....
(Stress) Baking with Maple Syrup
Oy! The pressure. Good thing there’s baking. And good thing there’s maple. Here’s how to substitute maple syrup for...
The DIY Seedling Evaporator Kit & The Sapling Evaporator: A Comparison
At Vermont Evaporator Company, we offer two different barrel-based opportunities to make wood-fired maple syrup in...
How to Assemble Your DIY Maple Syrup Evaporator – The Sapling
How to set up your DIY Maple Syrup Evaporator, The Sapling. The Sapling Evaporator is a great way to get started...
Your Questions about the Sapling Evaporator – Answered!
Like shiny things? The Sapling Evaporator is a classic, flat black with stainless evaporator pan and accents....
How to Tap Maples to Drink the Sap
Although, traditionally, sap is boiled down to make maple syrup, you can also enjoy the magic of maple without making...
DIY Maple Syrup: When to Tap
How not to miss your maple-syrup-making window! You’re going to make maple syrup this year, and don’t want to miss...
DIY Maple Gifting
Many of us DIY types make maple syrup in the spring to give away throughout the year. We've recently discovered the...
Growing up Sugaring
Hello everyone! It’s Elka McCabe, daughter of Kate McCabe, owner and operator of Vermont Evaporator Company! I have...
Maple Sugarin’ in Vermont: A Good Read for the Maple History Buff
Maple Sugarin’ In Vermont: A Sweet History by Betty Ann Lockhart is a perfect fair-weather read for the Vermont...
Learning with Maple
Making maple syrup together is a great way to engage kids---both big and little---with art, science, history, and...
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...