Acer saccharum syn. Acer palmifolium, Acer saccharophorum

Finishing and filtering maple syrup this aft. #gyo #massachusetts #yummy #maplesyrup

Nice setup😯

This looks like a complicated operation. Makes me wonder how the Ojibway managed...

I got the pancakes ready😂

The Ojibway would approve, not being a wasteful people, they would greatly appreciate that this simple machine increases yield by 33%, 15 more gallons of pure deliciousness!! That's a lot of syrup for any tribe to enjoy!! @emch

very impressed, I dream to taste it 😋

These sugar maple trees are just a few year's away from being tapped for sap collection. #sugarmaple #massachusetts #gyo

#perfection 😍

Wow! Livin the dream 🥰

Time to make the syrup!! #sugarshack #gyo #massachusetts #maplesyrup

OMG 😲That's on my bucket list 😍

As in maple ?

That sounds yummy😋

I see pancakes in your near future🤤🤤😅

Correct!! @charlotte

Did the season come in a flash where u are, it came so fast here I think some missed a good portion of the flow😃

Finishing up with the #sap collection. Time to boil later this week. #maple #mapletree #gyo #mondaymotivation #sugarmaple #maplesyrup

Oh wow, I’d love to be able to do this, I bet it tastes delicious

Awesome!!!!

This is so cool!

The syrup is amazing @sieveheadsarah No additives, chemicals, or preservatives! Truly natural product!!

Ooooohhh yumm. Syrup time!!!! This is super cool. You did this last year too? Yes? I think I said breakfast 🥞 time!! @saco

Sounds fabulous 😍

Tis' a yearly tradition around here @alysha teaching biology and history to my students along the way

That’s it!! Very yummy tradition. 😁 @saco

So yummy!! My favorite is maple drizzled popcorn @alysha

I’ve never heard of anyone putting maple syrup on popcorn. Something new to try 😋 @saco

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Syrup that my students have made over the past few seasons. 2014-2017 from L-R. None from last season because we accidentally broke the jar. Silly kids! #maplesyrup #sugarmaple #gyo

Wow yummy 😋

Happy first day of Spring all!! Lovely day to be outside boiling sap down to make syrup. #maplesyrup #massachusetts #gyo

How interesting 👍👏👏👏

Getting my head around this and thinking aloud! Is that an old oil drum turned onto a burner with chimney, and the sap put in bain Marie to boil down to syrup, ingenious, there was me thinking in was done on the kitchen stove, I am so intrigued and interested in how it is done thank you again for sharing 😊

Glad to share with you @carolgs this is a project my freshmen biology and history students have been working on for a few weeks now, finally culminating with this boil!!!

A dual tap bucket fills up very quickly. A full grown tree can handle up to 4 taps per season. #sugarmaple #maplesyrup #gyo

Fresh Maple syrup!!! What a treat👍🏻👍🏻😊💕

Wow this is amazing 😊

Start making pancakes!😜😜

How has your syrup turned out, I thought about you as I emptied my shop bought bottle this morning

It was fantastic!! Grade A, beautiful golden amber, with the perfect sweetness!!! @carolgs Have a little bit left on reserve for the upcoming holiday treats

Excellent, I always think about how it is made when I eat now and the time and effort you put into it

This is one productive tap!! Gushing with sap, it has frozen overnight. Collected about 9 gallons of sap in approximately 18 hours. #sugarmaple #maplesyrup #gyo

What have your temps been? @saco

Perfect for tapping the trees; mid 40's F during the day, upper 20's overnight. @tinaune

How interesting 👏👍😍

@saco You learn something new everyday, thanks for sharing.

I remember you doing this last year 👌🏼

Maple season is back again!!! @richard.spicer.7906 Tradition, and I'm still teaching Biology to the freshmen. They seem to enjoy this project a bit.

Tap. Collect. Boil. Real maple syrup. #sugarmaple #mapletree #maplesyrup

Great! Never seen this before! 😋

Excuse my ignorance but is this how they harvest it I've always wondered 🤔

No problem, this is the way it's done for sure!! @carolgs Many different designs of taps, and collection vessels, over the years. This is a modern setup, using plastic taps, lines, and food grade buckets.😁

Thank you, my mind is now in overdrive, so many questions, how much does a tree produce? Over how long, do you need to process it?

Happy to share what I know with you! Production from each tree depends on a variety of factors; age, location, growing conditions, and temperature. Production varies season to season accordingly. Processing takes hours of boiling. To produce 1 gallon of syrup, you need to collect 40 gallons of sap. @carolgs

Wow that's alot of sap! Could you please post a before and after pic when you make the syrup I would love to see it

How wonderful. 😋💓

Very cool!

Once again it's that magical time of winter when we get to tap the maple trees. #sugarmaple #maplesyrup #sap

The final product. Grade A dark amber. The kids did a great job on this tasty project. #maplesyrup #massachusetts #diy

It's so good this season!! Extra sweet!! @KelsiBriana

The sap boiling down to syrup in the evaporator. #sugarmaple #diy

Spring in the North! 🌱❄️

According to the calendar yes. Mother Nature still thinks it's winter here, and is dropping another 5-10" on us this eve!! Aarrggghh!!!! @mn-5a

Definitely feel your pain, Saco. There’s still about a foot of snow covering my garden. But on the bright side, a pair of house finches are checking out my front porch as a possible nesting site! Hang in there, Saco, April is coming!

The sap collecting continues. #sugarmaple

Sweeet!!! @saco

As part of biology class I have my students tap sugar maple trees on the school grounds. They collect the sap daily. When they collect enough they boil the sap on a wood stove outdoors, and make real maple syrup. They teach kids from other classes about the process, and then serve pancakes and ice cream with their self-made syrup!! #sugarmaple #massachusetts #tree

That's Wonderful of u to teach this!!!! Most think it just comes from a bottle. What ages are u teaching? @saco 👍👏

I’d like to learn that myself. 👍👍👍

I teach at a public high school, freshman to seniors, grades 9-12. @tinaaune ... we do a blind taste test in the hallway at lunchtime, and the kids always end up picking the real maple syrup as the winner!!

Your bear pals would certainly enjoy those buckets this time of year Tom!! @tkept

That's truly awesome @saco keep teaching the real life!!!

How nice! This will be remembered always.

Thanks all, the kids really love doing this. They want to expand off campus, and get permission from people in the neighborhood to tap trees on their property. We'll see what happens, maybe next year.

Ill try to save you a taste or two Laura @columbiariver

That's such a neat idea!

We're getting a nasty rain mix, no snow yet. I'm located in central MA, not near coastal flooding spots. @gjones