When setting out to remove invasive species, bring loppers, a hand saw, burlap, twine, a handcart, and a good-natured...
Beyond Maple
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...
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...
Caring For Your Sugar Woods
The summer is a perfect time to start actively caring for your sugar woods. Here’s how! Every ecosystem requires...
How to Collect Maple Syrup Antiques
Anyone who is keen on learning about or collecting maple syrup antiques should check out Virginia Vidler's...
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...
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...