Yes we are part way through the harvesting of Maple Syrup.
The trees are tapped during late February, March and April with the sap being collected and boiled down.
Many of the commercial sugar bushes are open to the public and we have seen a variation in prices this year from $55.00 and upwards for a Canadian Gallon of Maple Syrup.
We no longer tap here on our property as it is way to much work, however when the children were home we did it yearly and for our own consumption and use.
The old girl uses Maple Syrup for: baking, cooking, on ice cream, pancakes, French toast and I like to take a bowl of it and just dip buttered bread into it and eat it like that.
I manage to get a gallon or two for free as I fly in several cases of wobbly pop to a friend who taps and has his own bugsmasher strip.
Used to have so many sugar maple trees we could never tap even 1/2 of them. Still made quite a few gallons every year. Always had a line of neighbors waiting to buy a fresh pint or dozen soon as the furnace was stocked with wood and fired up 8-) Now I only have one maple tree in front of the house...don't think the town would like it much if a couple gallon jugs started hanging off it :-/
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is."
