Maple sugaring

A fun and easy winter treat, maple syrup on snow candy requires just two ingredients -- pure maple syrup and fresh, clean snow.

Here's a roundup of our favorite maple sugar shacks to visit during New Hampshire Maple Month in March.

I drive by this row of trees just about every morning on my way into the office, and every year around this time they're tapped to collect maple sap, presumably to be boiled down into syrup. I’ve always liked the way these trees look, so I made a point of getting some pictures today. (Bonus! Getting a shot I liked for my 365 early in the day.) I'm pretty sure these trees are on the campus of the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, although I don't know if it’s the school itself that taps them…

As part of the Real Food Challenge over at Not Dabbling, we’re all posting about real Food today. Can you get any more real than homemade maple syrup??? Yesterday was the most beautiful day h…

Tapping Trees and Making Maple Syrup

Maple Syrup yum::

Couching Lion Maple Sugar Farm – Maple Sugar Farm<br />Huntington, Vermont

Part of the satisfaction of sugaring is of course the flavor of the maple syrup, which has no substitute and which cannot be convincingly reproduced synthetically (“imitation maple syrup̶…

Photo about Old wooden bucket on a maple tree collecting sap in early spring. Image of antique, nostalgia, maple - 1807746

Acer saccharum (sugar maple) is a species of maple native to the hardwood forests of northeastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to southern Ontario, and south to Georgia and Texas. Sugar maple is best known for its bright fall foliage and for being the primary source of maple syrup.

Maple is the flavor of Vermont. For centuries the settlers here have harvested sap each spring from maple trees on hillsides and boiled it down to maple syrup or sugar. It’s a true organic process here.

Maple Sugar (Acer saccharum)

Making maple syrup, cream, candy and sugar is much easier than we thought! Here are some quick instructions on how to do it yourself at home. Check out our blog for more details! #backyardmaple #backyardsugaring #maplesyrup #maplecream #maplecandy #maplesugar #diy #makemoremaple

Also known as Maple Taffy, Sugar on Snow, and tire d'érable, snow candy is an old recipe that was first practiced by indigenous tribes long before Europeans came to North America. Today, it is still practiced in places where maple syrup is made. Try it yourself after a fresh snow with these simple instructions!

"The Old Method, " from an article entitled, "Maple Sugar Production." The Bennington banner., August 20, 1891, Supplement, Image 5 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022639/1891-08-20/ed-...

Sugar Maple NH

Maple suguring

ooey, gooey, amber greatness! definitely one of my all-time favourite things in life! I could drink it from the bottle (although I haven't). wonderful childhood memories. add in the fact that it is pure Canadiana...what could be better? <3

How to know when it is time to tap maple trees for sugaring off.