Tapping the maple trees on February 16th and ending the season April 25th was the longest and latest year since we started syruping in 1994. The frequent snow storms in April were terrific for sap flow, but tough on anyone not associated with syruping and hoping for 60 degrees and sun. 392 gallons of delicious maple syrup was produced this year, approximately 1.6 quarts of syrup per tap. We beat our old record of 386 gallons, but that output was greater for our 670 taps with 2.28 quarts /tap.

We will bottle syrup as needed in the sizes shown on our website, depending on demand.  If we are low or out of your desired bottle size, it shouldn't take us long to fill your order. Be patient and soon you'll have delicious syrup or maple cream (pure maple syrup in a spreadable consistency).

Our redesigned website will be educational, easy to navigate, have the ability to use credit cards and show beautiful photography. We hope the new site is up and running within a month. 

Enjoy some syrup from this year! 

Spring is arriving late with what we hope is our final snow storm. We received 7" of heavy snow and the forest looks more like mid-March than April. But, the good news is the drop in barometric pressure and the moisture laden snow, has stimulated the sap flow.  In the last 24 hours, we have collected nearly .75 gallons of sap / tap and we have 1000 taps.  This places the flow in a "moderate" range, which we judge as between .5-1 gallon / tap. This is good news for all of you wanting to satisfy your desire for our premium maple syrup.

We'll most likely open the website for orders within the next week. If you want to dash off an email for your order, we'll get it ready - dsomers@citlink.net.  We are looking at possible options for ordering syrup in addition to Google checkout. Tomorrow, processing sap into syrup and bottling.

This has been a challenging year, trying to predict when the sap might flow and yield our long-awaited syrup. Flows have been weak to moderate and we are optimistic the weather forecast for the latter part of this week will be beneficial for several strong runs of sap.  Though the flows have been low, the sugar content of the sap has increased from 1.8% last year to 2.3% this year, perhaps a reflection of the drought.

We know there are many of you eagerly waiting to order maple syrup and we hope to satisfy all of you.  Be patient and check back with us next week when we anticipate bottling syrup. We hope we're deluged with sap and subsequently, barrels of syrup.  The latter part of this week's forecast looks promising with lows below freezing and highs above freezing. 

Tuesday

Apr 9

Hi 37°F

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Wednesday

Apr 10

Hi 36°F

Lo 28°F

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Thursday

Apr 11

Hi 36°F

Lo 23°F

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Friday

Apr 12

Hi 39°F

Lo 23°F

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Saturday

Apr 13

Hi 43°F

Lo 27°F

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Sunday

Apr 14

Hi 48°F

Lo 30°F

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