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So.....
#MapleSap officially "buddy" in northern #TwinCities as of last Thursday.
First Season over.
Damn.
Out of around 19 gallons of sap gathered from four trees, starting in late March, we burned about 38 ounces of sap and came away with 12 ounces of #MapleSyrup
Lots of lessons learned! Start earlier, careful cooking at the end, and also, i have another 4 or 5 trees to tap next year. 60-80 gallons of sap is not out of the question. Maybe 2 gallons of syrup if we do it right? More?

Enjoying a sugar hit, I see. Our local Norway maples and silver birches have started to produce sap, but I don't think I have ever seen a red squirrel licking it off the trunk of a maple before. I remember eating a maple sap icicle I found when I was kid. Have you tasted birch or maple sap?

#redsquirrel
#sciurusvulgaris
#sap
#maplesap
#norwaymaple
#acerplatanoides
#spring
#helsinki
#finland

A photo of a red squirrel licking sap off the trunk of a Norway maple.

Finished capped bottled
Another syrup season
Yielding sweet rewards

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March 16, 2025

Color image of bottles of maple syrup on a kitchen table. Image shows four different sized bottles of maple syrup on a white enamel kitchen table, with a plantstand in the background, and pine trees out the door in the distance.

The final boil
Gallons evaporated
Maples gave so much

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March 15, 2025

Color image of the final evaporating boil-off in making maple syrup. Image shows sap in a large stock pot on a range, evaporating the water to boil down to the final maple syrup product.

Clean-labeled-ready
Syrup bottles all lined up
Sweet amber coming

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March 13, 2025

Color image of glass syrup bottles ready to be filled with fresh maple syrup. Image shows several clear labeled bottles ready to be filled with syrup.

Time for boiling maple sap. My friend Seth is collecting from 51 taps/buckets and the sap has been flowing strongly the last couple days. Looking at the warmer weather ahead this might be the last heavy flow.

Lots more details in the alt-text!

#MapleSyrup #MapleSap