Detail of tap & collector
by Catherine Haug, February 1, 2012
I just received an email from from Kathie L:
The weather is quite favorable to tap right now. It’s earlier than I’ve done it the last three years but we’re seeing temperatures in the 40s during the day and freezing overnight and predicted to be so for a while now.
We tapped our trees just this afternoon and the sap is coming out great!
Kathie did the presentation last fall on Sugar Tapping. See Gathering Summary: Sugar Tapping with Kathie Lapcevic for all the details:
- Selecting a maple or birch tree for tapping
- When to tap
- How to tap (includes equipment needed)
- Collect the sap
- Cooking down the sap to syrup
- Pouring off
- Storage of the syrup
See also Kathie’s handout: Maple & Birch Tapping at Home, by Kathie Lapcevic.