{"id":7297,"date":"2021-03-21T10:23:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T15:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homekokki.com\/?p=7297"},"modified":"2023-05-04T17:04:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T22:04:44","slug":"sweet-sign-of-spring-a-walk-through-the-sugarbush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cansanity.com\/?p=7297","title":{"rendered":"Sweet sign of spring a walk through the sugarbush"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Grades of Maple Syrup- Golden, Amber, Dark and Very Dark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When you live where fresh maple syrup is produced (like I do), you look forward to the month of March. Roadside stands advertise fresh maple syrup, and the pancake houses are open!<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of visiting my friend Jim Lumsden and his son Mike at their farm, Lumsden Brothers Maple Syrup<\/a> ,to see first hand how his family makes this golden Canadian treasure.\u00a0 Situated on 20 acres of land, his family has been making maple syrup for over 100 years, and, as I saw, they have it down to a science!<\/p>\n

The set up of the production actually starts in January with the unravelling of 18,000 feet (3.4 miles) of four seasons tubing, which is made out of 100% resin. Each piece of tubing is numbered and labeled and is attached to a specific tree in the maple sugarbush.\u00a0 These lines are cleaned out with a solution of 70\/30 alcohol to water each year and reused, making this an environmentally friendly operation. This complex maze of tubing, in the case of Lumsden Brothers Maple Syrup farm, includes specific hookups to about 1,100 trees.<\/p>\n

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Maple tree with two taps at Lumsden Brothers Maple Syrup Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A tree can be tapped when its diameter of the tree reaches 10″, and when the diameter is 18″, the tree can support two taps. For the health of any tree over 18″, at most two taps can be installed each year. So, in the case of Jim’s maple farm, he installs 1,435 taps!<\/p>\n

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