Archive for March 10th, 2009
March 10, 2009 – Maple Syrup at Last!
OK, the results are in and the maple syrup gets five stars! It is amazingly good, and even has a bit of a buttery taste.
Here Martin shows off the pint of syrup (minus what was poured one morning’s worth of buckwheat pancakes) that boiled down from the first five gallons of sap! Getting your own sweets in northern climates is a bit of a challenge, but we can now add maple syrup to honey. We’re going to keep on keeping on, but now the weather has turned frightfully cold, so the sap will not run until it warms up again.
