One of my fun hobbies is the making of Maple Syrup.
Some
Facts About How To Make Maple Syrup In General
Remember this is just basic information found on the Internet.
Maple syrup comes from the sap of maple trees. In the early spring, if you cut the bark of (or drill a hole into) certain species of maple trees, clear sap will leak from the cut. This sap is very thin -- almost like water -- but it contains about 2-percent sugar (sucrose). If you boil this watery sap to drive off the water, you eventually get maple syrup. It takes 30 or 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of maple pancake syrup. One tree might yield 10 gallons (38 liters) of sap over the course of four weeks. The sugar or rock maple (Acer saccharum) and the black maple (Acer nigrum) are the two trees that yield the best syrup. Sometimes people also tap the red maple. Before 1940, people collected the sap in buckets by drilling a hole into the tree and pounding in a wooden tube for the bucket to hang from. Today, most commercial operations use plastic taps and plastic tubing so the sap can flow to a central location. The sap is evaporated in large flat pans that are heated with wood, gas or electricity. More about the subject can be located via any search engine on the Web.
Hunting and fishing are a couple more of my favorite hobbies also. Spring turkey hunting in Vermont runs the entire month of May and gives me a chance to get out doors after a long cold Vermont Winter.
Then further of course there is fishing in the many mountain streams and lakes which I also enjoy.
In the fall, comes the Three deer seasons; bow, rifle, and muzzeloader. Sherry is a deer hunter also.
Below are some pictures we have taken.
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