The Bovine Bugle

"Moo-vie" News: Tapping the Maple Trees to Gather the Sap

Jonathan and his family began the "sugaring" season in early March with the help of his three sons and his father. He hung buckets on 400 trees back when the weather was unseasonably warm for northern Vermont. Now, however, the nightime temperatures have cooled, so the sap is not yet running! His dad is standing by, ready to operate the boiling machinery in the sugarhouse once the sap is gathered. We'll show you videos of the "boiling off" process--heating the sap to turn it into syrup--just as soon as the weather cooperates.

PRESS ON THE ARROW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STILL PHOTO TO PLAY THE VIDEO!

--Jonathan (left), Howmars Farm
Franklin, Vermont

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Posted by Blogger Chris at April 10, 2006 04:18 PM