Backyard Maple Syrup From Start To Finish – Every Single Step From Tap To Bottle | How To Make It
Everyone loves it and you don’t need any special equipment. Even just a turkey fryer will make you some amazing […]
Trees Are Tapped – The Sap Be Flowin | 2020 Maple Syrup Season Has Begun | Our Dog Directed This One
It’s officially maple season! I had no idea our dog Caddis would be so talented with a camera. We strapped […]
Snowshoeing The Sugar Bush | 2020 Maple Syrup Season Kickoff In Algoma, Northern Ontario
Here we are once again, getting ready for the 2020 maple syrup season in the Algoma region of Northern Ontario! […]
Filtering Maple Syrup With Egg Whites
We discovered a new to us method of filtering the niter or sugar sand out of your maple syrup. We had no idea this method of filtering maple syrup with egg whites even existed. We use a few different filtering methods for finishing our maple syrup including paper and felt filters.
Nearup is Done – How To Filter And Finish Maple Syrup
Let’s have a quick look at how we filter and finish our maple syrup using our backyard file cabinet evaporator and a simple propane stove. Filtering the finished maple syrup after boiling is important.
Homemade Maple Sugar – The Good Sugar
To make maple sugar, the process is rather simple. You’ll need a sauce pan, a small amount of butter (acts as a defoamer), some maple syrup, a thermometer you can trust, a hand blender, spoon or whisk, a fine mesh strainer and a coffee grinder or blender.
What To Do With Ice In Maple Sap Buckets? – Debunked
It’s a long standing debate in the maple sugaring community. Should you toss out the frozen bits of maple sap in your sap buckets? Should you leave it in there and boil it down with the rest of your sap?
The Saporator | Homemade Backyard Sap Evaporator
We were in need of something more than just a turkey fryer to get our sap turned into syrup. The turkey fryer does indeed work well for making backyard maple syrup, and it is what we use to finish our batches. Our syrup production has increased now
2019 Maple Syrup Season Kickoff
The maple syrup season has officially kicked off in Algoma, northern Ontario. This season is already shaping up to be one for the books. On March 10th, we tapped the first few ‘test’ trees on the property, close to the house to make daily sap inspections easy.