Here is an interesting way to use black walnut Did you know that black walnut trees can be tapped in late winter to produce a syrup similar to maple syrup? If you have access to black walnut trees, this is a great way to put them to use. Black walnut trees are unique in that the ...
A visit to theMaple Syrup Festivalwalks you through the full history and process of making Canada’s favourite sweet syrup. With a few simple steps and tools, you can bring that history home with you. **Please do not tap trees within provincial parks. Removing any natural object from a pa...
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...
True the boiling down of the syrup needs fire, a big pot, and a shed to keep out the wind. But do you know what you need to tap into the trees? You need a spile. My Latest Videos What is a spile? A spile is a small device that is inserted into a hole that is drilled into...
Finding maple trees and deciding which to tap The first step in making maple syrup is to find the maple trees. There are two main concerns here: Tree health Choose trees that leaf out well in summer, without many leafless, dead branches. Sap flows to feed living tissue only, so trees ...
Sign up for the Hudson Valley Post Newsletter Soon you will be seeing buckets and tubing hanging from trees starting to show 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 ...
This is pretty well heresy for me. 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 ...
Learn how to tap the maple trees on your property for syrup. If you enjoy the fruits of your labor, it will hardly feel like labor at all. Win the Holidays with PopSci's Gift Guides Shopping for, well, anyone? The PopSci team’s holiday gift recommendations mean you’ll never need ...
Of all of these trees, the best rubber-producing tree isH. braziliensis. It takes about six years for a rubber tree to grow to a point where it's economical to harvest the sap, which is calledlatex. Here's how you tap one: The collector makes a thin, diagonal cut to remove a slive...
What other trees can you tap for syrup? Maple syrup can be made from any species of maple tree. Trees that can be tapped include:sugar, black, red and silver maple and box elder trees. Of all the maples, the highest concentration of sugar is found in the sap of the sugar maple. ...