This season has been full—in every sense of the word. Beyond the usual whirlwind of tapping 1,300 trees, setting up the sugar shack, and trying to remember all the things that need to happen before the first boil (which, no matter how many years we do this, always feels like a scramble), we added something […]
After a VERY slow start to the season, we’ll be open this Sunday for our annual open house from 11-4. Given the forecast, it looks like we will be boiling. It’s been too cold most of the month for the sap to run. We need the cold, freezing night followed by the warm sunshine to
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March is here, and that means the sugaring season is here too! You’re invited to our open house held every Sunday in March from 11-4. So far this year February has seemed more like March. The sap has been flowing, and Joe has been keeping busy boiling in the sugar house. The sugar content has
Today it’s warm, over 60 degrees. And it was in the 20’s earlier this week. That mean the sap is running today. Joe just left to collect sap at the Quabbin Reservoir, where we tap some trees on state land. So far today we have about 1,000 gallons of sap to boil down. We’re making
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7gzDofee4s
First boil of the 2012 maple syrup season here at the Hardwick Sugar Shack in central Massachusetts. Our first run was January 31st–that’s a record! It’s the earliest we’ve ever started our season.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS5Rc6YJwqo
The October snow storm did not herald a tough winter. Just the opposite. Very mild, and we’re making lots of maple syrup here in central Massachusetts.
