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“Maple Syrup Days Are Here,” The Globe and Mail. April 7, 1938. Page 04. ---- Making of maple syrup and sugar provides employment for many farmers and their families in Prince Edward County. The yield this year is only fair, but the maple products are in great demand. On the farm of Willis Sills, Athol Township, 1,000 trees are tapped. Pictures are Mr. Sills’s two sons, Harold and Morley, assisting their father in gathering the sap, with the aid of a team and small sleigh, dumping the sap in a large wooden barrel.

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As winter wanes and spring approaches, wild foodists all across North America tap into the time-honored tradition of sugar production – mainly, the transformation of maple tree sap into maple…

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Illustration by McKibillo.

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Sourced from what is sadly now a bot-usurped tumblr. OP's website is also defunct, so it's a link dead end unless someone else knows otherwise.

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Who Doesn't Love Maple Syrup

It’s That Time of Year Again This post is an excerpt from several posts on my old blog, countrygirllifeonthefarm, but it’s the right time of year to show up again.  If you have a maple tree in your back yard you can make your own maple syrup just like we do (in a condensed version)!  It takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup or 20 gallons makes two quarts.  You could cook it off on…

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It's That Time of Year Again

It’s That Time of Year Again

Spring is just around the corner, the daffodils and crocus are blooming and the maple trees are dripping. It’s time to make maple syrup! The weather around here has been chaotic, one day warm and sunny and the next windy and bitter. That’s perfect weather for the sap to come up and drip out of the trees. This week is going to be very warm after lunch and below freezing in the mornings. Perfect!!…

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March is Maple Month

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