Predicted high of 34 today, a low of 15 for the overnight. This kind of temperature swing is needed for sap production.
With the sap being mostly water it is then boiled down till only the sweet stuff remains.
Then if you take some syrup and boil it down to a soft ball consistency, as you would with fudge. Then take the sugar and lay it on clean snow, it will harden in to strips of maple candy. (yum) This is known as sugaring off.
Sugaring is about the only good thing to come out of winter. Well that really ain’t true, winter is the reset button for nature, everything begins anew in Spring.
May the Lord bless you and keep you, and may you have a pleasant day.
Good morning Vagabonds
Predicted high of 34 today, a low of 15 for the overnight. This kind of temperature swing is needed for sap production.
With the sap being mostly water it is then boiled down till only the sweet stuff remains.
Then if you take some syrup and boil it down to a soft ball consistency, as you would with fudge. Then take the sugar and lay it on clean snow, it will harden in to strips of maple candy. (yum) This is known as sugaring off.
Sugaring is about the only good thing to come out of winter. Well that really ain’t true, winter is the reset button for nature, everything begins anew in Spring.
May the Lord bless you and keep you, and may you have a pleasant day.
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