Month: February 2018

Maple Syrup

We are approaching maple syrup season.   Sap is collected from Late February to April.   Forty gallons of sap boil down to approximately 1 gallon of maple syrup.  I tapped my sixty-foot-high maple tree several years ago and again this year, then inserted a pressure gage.  I recorded pressure, ambient temperature and tree trunk temperature at ….  Read More