making maple syrup
07-22-2007 | 06:17 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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From: the woods of NJ.
07-22-2007 | 07:33 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Etowah, Tennessee
RE: making maple syrup
Yea, my advice would be to just buy it. takes 40-45 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup. sap runs in the late winter or early spring, depends on where you are located. there is a lot of equipment involved and a whole lot of labor. unless you plan on going into the business it really is not worth the time of effort.
07-22-2007 | 08:05 AM
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Fork Horn
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From: Perry, Maine
RE: making maple syrup
My dad makes about 50 gals a year as a hobby....thats what it starts as anyway! When he is all done he is so sick of it. When I was a kid we would boil sap on the cook stove but that took forever and was a mess. It can be done as a hobby but its a lot of work.
