Get your hats and gloves on this weekend because it is Maple Sugaring time at Kensignton Metro Park! It is fascinating to learn how they extract maple sap from maple trees and turn it into syrup! It is a must see while you are in Michigan. We have attended the tour at Kensington Metro Park, but there are […]

How to Tap Maple Trees - a simple, step-by-step tutorial that answers all of your questions about tapping maple trees!

Everything's better with maple syrup. So what better way to solidify your love for all things maple than to learn how to make it yourself?

Maple Syrup Making: Identifying Trees & Equipment Needed This is part two of our Maple Syrup Making Series. In this post, we will talk about Identifying Maple Trees and the Equipment Needed for Tapping and cooking the sap. We will discuss the 3 of the most popular ways to tap your trees with the pros

Late winter is tree tapping season! Learn how to tap trees, which trees you can tap, and how to make your own homemade syrup from the sap!

Wes Jennings taps a few of the trees in the Tupper Lake area as part of The Wild Center's Community Maple Sugaring Project.

Tapping Trees and Making Maple Syrup

🍁✨ Learn How to Tap Maple Trees and Make Your Own Syrup! ✨🍁 Dreaming of making your own delicious maple syrup? 🌳🥞 Our step-by-step guide will show you how to tap maple trees and cook your own syrup from scratch! From selecting the right trees to harvesting sap and boiling it down to sweet, golden syrup, this article has all the tips you need for a DIY maple syrup adventure. Perfect for homesteaders, foodies, and anyone who loves a little extra sweetness in their life! #MapleSyrup #TappingTrees #DIYMapleSyrup #HomesteadLife #MapleSyrupMaking #SyrupSeason #HomemadeSyrup #SugarShack #FarmToTable #DIYFood #SustainableLiving

The weather has been cooperating nicely for sugaring season this year. It looks like we're going to get at least twice as much syrup as we did last year. In the

So you want to learn how to make maple syrup! This detailed guide for hopeful backyard syrup makers will answer all the questions you have.

We like to plan out the maple tapping around Valentine's Day.  For anyone new to sugaring on their land, the first step is knowing which trees are good maples for tapping.  If you did not identify them in the Summer when the iconic maple leaves were easy to spot, don't fret.  It is absolutely possible to…

Have you been wondering if it would be faster to freeze off the water in your sap instead of boiling it down? We’ve all found our sap buckets with chunks

Have you ever wondered how the delicious maple syrup on your pancakes, waffles and French toast is made? Find out, right now!

In 2014, the state of Vermont, the number one producer of maple syrup in the United States, began using a new maple syrup grading system developed by the…

if you have maple trees in your backyard then learning how to make homemade maple syrup is a simple process that's easy for a suburban homesteader to do

To give credit where credit is due, the title of this post is basically stolen from Rink Mann's, Backyard Sugarin'.  I came across this book last summer already having one year of  backyard sugarin' under my belt.  We had tapped our boulevard maple tree and two old, giant maple trees at my parents' house.  Off  those…

Learning how to make maple syrup is a great project for the family. This first part covers choosing the trees, placing the taps, and collecting sap. A subsequent post will cover boiling it off to p…

The month before maple syrup season is the perfect time to get everything ready before the whirlwind of tapping, collecting sap, and boiling it down for syrup. These are the top ten tips you'll want

Tapping our Sugar Maple trees is the first sign of spring here on our Michigan farm. It’s always one of those sunny days where everything is dripping. And even though it’s only 45 degrees, it feels like t-shirt weather.   One of these years we will sell our maple syrup. We usually end up with […]