We had a few large maples in the yard when I was a kid. Dad bought the taps (I still have), used his Dad's bit brace and bit to drill the holes, drove the taps in and hung plastic buckets. IIRC, we collected roughly 50g of sap, boiled it down to about a gallon of dark syrup on the kitchen stove. My mom said she'd never do it again, the moisture made a mess condensing on the windows throughout the house. Strongly recommend boiling it down outside!
We had a few large maples in the yard when I was a kid. Dad bought the taps (I still have), used his Dad's bit brace and bit to drill the holes, drove the taps in and hung plastic buckets. IIRC, we collected roughly 50g of sap, boiled it down to about a gallon of dark syrup on the kitchen stove. My mom said she'd never do it again, the moisture made a mess condensing on the windows throughout the house. Strongly recommend boiling it down outside!
Yeah we have no idea the amount of sap we'll be able to collect. Probably not much but then again we don't use syrup that often so even a pint or two is at least a year long supply. I'll post pics if we end up trying this exercise!
Yeah we have no idea the amount of sap we'll be able to collect. Probably not much but then again we don't use syrup that often so even a pint or two is at least a year long supply. I'll post pics if we end up trying this exercise!
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