From Our Blog
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...
True Crimes of Maple
Inside the sweet world of syrup, a picture of crime emerges . . . Burglary, vandalism and heists, oh my! The hidden...
Maple Sugaring 101: A Beach Read for Sugaring Folk
“The Maple Sugar Book” by Helen and Scott Nearing is an extensively researched, interesting, and surprisingly funny...
Murder in the Maple Woods
Murder in the Maple Woods is a debut novel by Claire Ackroyd, a landscape designer and independent organic inspector...
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...
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,...
Wood-Fired Pizza on the Sapling
Wood-Fired Baking and Pizza on the Sapling You don't need a fancy outdoor kitchen for fancy wood-fired breads....
Six Recipes for a Maple Cocktail Hour
Apparently, cocktails have been around forever, and, while the popularity of cocktails has waxed and...
Maple Makes the Holiday Meal
Make Maple the Star This Holiday Season! Show off your homemade maple this holiday season with specialty food and...
Smoke your Thanksgiving
Last year, we smoked our Thanksgiving turkey and apple pie on our Sapling Smoker. Delish! Whether you are hosting or...
Introducing Alnôbaiwi
Every year, we give a portion of November's sales to an indigenous cause in observation of National Native American...