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Maple Syrup Sugaring Supplies – The Essentials to Get You Going
Thinking of making your own maple syrup this season? Trying to figure out what maple syrup sugaring supplies you need...
Maple in Harvest Food
Maple Sweetened Apple Butter: Cut 20 apples into eighths and place in stock pot with 1 C apple cider; cook down until...
10 Reasons Vermont Evaporator Pans Are Better Than Amazon’s
Here at Vermont Evaporator Company, we pride ourselves on selling pans that are made to last, are good quality, and...
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...
Baking With Maple Syrup
All of a sudden it’s baking season. We’re baking with maple syrup! You? Here’s how to substitute maple syrup for other...
Preserving with Maple
If your garden is anything like ours, you are currently experiencing an overabundance of (a) cucumbers, (b) tomatoes,...
Maple School: The Early History of Maple Syrup
The early history of maple syrup unfolded right here in North America! Among other crops, Native North Americans first...
Apple Cider Syrup: The Other American Syrup
Here at the Vermont Evaporator Company, we're a bit obsessed with all things syrup. We're focused most of the year on...
Maple School: Why Does Sap Run? Science!
Maple sap runs in the late winter or early spring time, when the nights are freezing and the days are warm. But what...
DIY Maple Syrup: All About Sugar Wood
It's a perfect fall day in New England. Time for us to put in fuel for next spring's DIY maple syrup making...
Maple School: Maple Syrup Story Hour
Children’s literature on maple syrup making is prolific, varied, and fun. We highly recommend these six titles for a...
Maple School: The Math of Tapping a Maple Tree
Welcome to Maple School, our series on things you can learn through maple syrup. Today: The Math of Tapping a Maple...
Time to Identify Your Maple Trees!
Fall is just about here again. Time to escape into the woods. The leaves have started to turn, the air is crisp, and...
Isn’t all Maple Syrup Organic?
Pesticides and herbicides are not commonly used in maple syrup production. Does that mean that all maple syrup is...
What is “Bird-Friendly” Maple?
Audubon Vermont, the State of Vermont, and Vermont Maple Sugar Makers have teamed up to make Vermont’s working forests...
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...
Maple Syrup History by Maxime Caouette
Maple history fans! A new book has been published that may interest you: Maple Syrup History: Fun Facts – Production...
Handmade in Vermont – Sourced in Sugar Country
The Sapling is handmade in Vermont from things sourced in maple-producing states! Fall isn’t just the season...
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:...