About Us
|
How We Got Our Name:
|
|
|
How We Got Our Name:
|
|
My family and I start out by marking the trees in the fall of the year so that we know which ones are maples. We tap the hard and the soft maples together, which makes a beautifully tasting syrup with several layers of flavor.
When spring arrives, my wife and daughters gather up our drill, taps, bags, and bag holders and head out into the snow-filled woods. The girls stomp down a trail to each of the trees we marked in the fall. When they come to each tree, they study it to see how the tree has been growing, scouting for a spot that might yield lots of sap. This scouting also ensures that the new tap hole is at least 6 inches away from last year’s tap hole. They drill into the tree at a slightly upward angle which allows the sap to run out of the tree better. Then every day, the girls enter the woods, collect the sap, and bring it back home to me. I handle the process of cooking it down into the dark and golden syrup everyone loves.
|