Producing maple syrup from sap collected at OSU-Mansfield sugarbush. A grove of 1,200 maple trees at OSU-Mansfield produces sap for maple syrup production each spring. Warmer weather has allowed maple syrup season to begin in the Richland County area.
FRANKFORT — Kentucky maple syrup enthusiasts joined Kentucky Agriculture Department officials at Blue Ends Farm in Shelbyville on Feb. 6 to tap some maple trees and proclaim February as MapleSyrup Month in Kentucky ... .
It begins with maple syrup ... A pancake and sausage breakfast featuring pure maple syrup will also be available both days; cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children.Maple syrup festivals in Northeast Ohio.
Recently, Pastor Logan Matenaer, demonstrated how to retrieve sap from Maple trees ... Matenaer demonstrated for the students how to tap maple trees, collect the sap, and finally boil it into maple syrup.
Welch thought he would suggest harvesting some trees for lumber or firewood, but the forester surprised him by asking, “So, are you going to make maple syrup?” ... For sap measuring 1 percent, it takes 86 gallons to yield one gallon of maple syrup.