Just like humans need to be a certain age to give blood, maple trees need to be mature before you can remove sap without harming the tree. Measure around the tree at about shoulder height (1.5 m). The tree must be 25.4+ cm in diameter for you to put one tap in it, 45 cm for t...
The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum on Muser Drive in Cornwall is giving you the chance to learn all about local maple syrup on Saturday, Feb. 20, with tours starting at 11AM..As winter ends, it’s maple sugaring time, and you will learn how to identify and tap sugar maple trees, disco...
For most trees, you should prune when the spring thaw is coming and you start to see a little life in your trees. Pruning them before the buds come out will help the tree produce blooms and fruit. Maple trees have sap that many people will tap for making syrup. This sap can be a ...
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up in woods all over the Hudson Valley. The art of catching the natural material that makes maple syrup is one that requires you to know which trees to tap. The Hudson Highland Nature Museum (HHNM) is getting ready to offer this year'sMaple Sugar Toursthat will treat you that and more...
I mean, I have amazing memories from my childhood of tromping through the snow to gather sap buckets from trees in the woods with my grandfather, hauling them in our toboggan. Whole days spent at up at the maple sugar camp with just an old hay barn, a sled and snowsu...
While it's easy to make maple syrup, it's also time consuming. We go over the process and also learn about many other trees to tap for syrup!
Naturally, these small trees grow in the understory of woodlands, where sunlight is dappled. So, a location in partial shade is fitting. Japanese Maple Propagation Japanese maples can range from cheap to extraordinarily expensive at the store, which is why it can be a good project to propagate...
Noticeable needle loss or discoloration in pine trees could be a sign of a diseased tree. But what disease, and how can you treat your pine tree to restore it to health? So, if you’re asking yourself why your pine trees are turning brown, in this article, we’ll detail 10 common ...
Sugar maples are unique to North America, and we can be certain that indigenous peoples living in the eastern forests learned to tap maple trees by happenstance and experimentation.The earliest collecting methods involved making an incision in the bark of a large maple tree and inserting a ...