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by Sandy Beverly
March 12, 2008 at 1:32 p.m.
Backyard Maple Tapping
We may be nearing the end of tapping season for this spring, but perhaps these photos will inspire a few people to tap next year. Our family tapped a sugar maple in our backyard, our first tapping experience. We found tapping easy and fun, and a great way to connect with the natural world.A couple useful websites:http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Buds_and_Bark/tapping_sugar_maple_index.htmlhttp://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/PDFpubs/7036.pdfhttp://media.lawrence.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2008/Mar/12/100_1694_.jpgHammering in the tap after drilling the hole.http://media.lawrence.com/img/blogs/e... is ready.http://media.lawrence.com/img/blogs/e... jug to collect sap. http://media.lawrence.com/img/blogs/e... the sap collected in early February yields one cup of syrup. More syrup to come.http://media.lawrence.com/img/blogs/e... Simon says this is the sweetest and stickiest syrup he's ever had!
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Logan72 (Alia Ahmed) says…
Sandy,
I loved your story about harvesting maple syrup. Oh, the simple gifts in life.
justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
Great post, Sandy. For some reason it never crossed my mind that we could do that in our area. Of course we didn't have maple trees in western Kansas! :)
Sounds like a lot of fun and a tasty reward.
femail (Linda Hanney) says…
Good job on your original story--and this one too! Always good to see a CJA byline.
angell (Marlo Angell) says…
Very cool- your last photograph says it all!
momchat1 (anonymous) says…
Fantastic, Sandy. Thanks for bringing me back to the joys of nature.