Making of Maple Syrup in WI Photo Gallery by Susanne v. Schroeder at pbase.com

Making of Maple Syrup in WI

Traditionally, maple syrup is harvested by tapping maple trees in March & April letting the sap run into a bucket. During processing, the sap is boiled down in a flat pan until it forms a sweet syrup. The process is slow, because most of the water has to boil out of the sap before it is the right density. It takes approximately 40 litres of sap to make 1 litre of maple syrup.

Tapping maple trees for the sap		Drip, drip
	Collecting the sap	Moving the sap out of the woods	Pumping the sap in a tank for transportation
The "sugar shack" - where it all happens	Our friend and neighbour	Boiling down the sap	Steam
Stoking the fire			Geese
Sandhill Crane	Sunset

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militaire		25-Sep-2015 13:07
Nice work.

Catholique		02-Sep-2015 09:09
Super Gallery of Fungi images,lots more varieties out there! keep on clicking.

Marc Demoulin		02-Dec-2010 19:46
Instructive set Suzanne!! vVv Marc

mikiruaq		11-Jan-2008 22:34
Great documentation on the process. It reminds me of when I use to live in Vermont and a friend of mine made his own maple syrup.

Karen Hoyt		20-Oct-2007 01:43
My husband has told me about this process. Being from the deep south I have never seen it. Thanks for sharing,

SB		15-Apr-2007 02:01
I agree with Paula. This was interesting.

Paula Krugerud		25-Mar-2007 17:48
Very interesting gallery! Love to see more of the process, it's always fascinated me! Thanks for sharing this Susanne!

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