Maple tapping

The month before maple syrup season is the perfect time to get everything ready before the whirlwind of tapping, collecting sap, and boiling it down for syrup. These are the top ten tips you'll want

Do you have maple trees on your property? Try making maple syrup this spring in your own backyard with just a few basic supplies and plenty of time.

Another thing to add to my homesteading ideas! How to build a backyard cheap and portable backyard evaporator for maple sap. Tapping maple trees on our property and making maple syrup is a great way to homestead even on a small amount of property. It even has links on how to tap maple trees, how to boil down maple sap and how to finish maple syrup on the stovetop!

Step by step how to tap a maple tree, to collect sap that you can then make into delicious maple syrup.

Everything's better with maple syrup. So what better way to solidify your love for all things maple than to learn how to make it yourself? If you have a couple of trees nearby, we have all the advice you need from spout to syrup! The following is an excerpt from The Sugarmaker's Companion by Michael

Maple Syrup, making maple syrup, and history of sugaring. Backyard maple syrup production, how to tap maple trees

When daytime temperatures start to go above freezing in the northern states, it time to start tapping your maple trees. Learn how to tap your backyard trees and capture gallons of sap that you can boil down to maple syrup.

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…

Tapping Trees and Making Maple Syrup

A DIY guide to making maple syrup!