Making maple syrup in your own backyard is both ambitious and fun! And the rewards are so sweet. Click on the links below to learn about the process of backyard sugaring from start to finish!
If you’re looking for a healthier natural sweetener to use in your baking, substituting maple syrup for white sugar is a great option. It’s made from the sap of maple trees, and has a delicious flavor that goes well with many different kinds of baked …
Once you have tapped your trees and boiled your sap down into homemade maple syrup, it is time to store your maple syrup for later use. This article shares two methods for storing maple syrup – in mason jars like those used for canning or …
Making maple syrup is a labor of love, especially for a hobby sugaring operation with small equipment. Reverse osmosis is a process that can speed up syrup production by removing a significant amount of water from the sap before you put it in your evaporator. …
Cleaning maple sap buckets after you collect sap, or in preparation for this year’s collection, is essential for food safety. Clean sap buckets ensure that you are not introducing any pathogens or bacteria into the sap that you are collecting to make maple syrup. Cleaning …
Over years of experimentation with maple sugaring methods, we’ve learned a few important tips for boiling more efficiently.
This article is the third in a series on backyard sugaring in partnership with the Vermont Evaporator Company. We appreciate their partnership in helping us to test out the process and share with our readers! You’ve tapped your trees, and in your sugar woods is …
This article is part of a series on Backyard Sugaring in partnership with the Vermont Evaporator Company. Check out the first article – How to Tap a Maple Tree for Syrup – and then use this one to get you to the next step in …
This post was contributed by Kate Whelley McCabe from Vermont Evaporator Company, our partner in a series of articles on backyard sugaring for February 2020. We appreciate Kate’s help in teaching our audience how to tap a maple tree! You’ve decided! You’re going to make …