Who here taps their maple trees?

[gumpsgirl]

Scoop - I love your outdoor stove!

Lucky you!

Slywoody - Thanks for that tip! I'll be certain to start the end of Jan. / early Feb. then!

Thanks to all for your ideas! I don't generally look forward to winter (I hate being cold!), but this time I am getting excited for it! This is going to be so much fun and a great learning experience for my kids!

 

[Rosalind]

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I did a little over two gallons this year. DH has a sweet tooth, and I tend to give away a lot over the holidays. Between maple-pumpkin cupcakes, oatmeal, pancakes, etc. it does get used.

We tend to get pieces of firewood here and there that are just a couple of inches too long or oddly-shaped for the woodstove, but can still fit in the grill. So I used those, plus all the little twiggy bits you get from harvesting a couple of trees per year out of a woodlot. It would have worked a lot better if my tarp would have stayed up over the grill, but the normal late winter New England weather had other ideas.

I could only really boil on sunny days.