Maple Syrup

Grace looking at the sap from a sugar maple tree.

This one tree gave 3 gallons of sap in a 24 hour period.

Camille and Grace standing in front of the stove where the sap is boiled for 8 hours
to become syrup. It takes 80 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup.

Enjoying the syrup!
They actually had the kids do a taste test. They got to taste pure maple syrup from New Hampshire, Vermont, local, and store bought imitation.

Our library had a presentation on the process of making maple syrup. A resident who lives across the street from the library has five large sugar maple trees. He gave us a tour of his trees and introduced us to the skill of making maple syrup. We had a great time and learned a lot.

Hmmm . . . we have some sugar maple trees . . .