Follows one New England family as they struggle to preserve an ancient, lucrative, and threatened agricultural art -- the sweetest harvest, maple syrup.
"A year in the life of one New England family as they work to preserve an ancient, lucrative, and threatened agricultural art-- the sweetest harvest, maple syrup."--Front jacket flap.
Text and photographs show how a family taps the sap from maple trees and processes it into maple syrup.
Making maple syrup the old-fashioned way
by Perrin, Noel
fromStorey Publishing bulletin
Making maple syrup: a beginner's guide
by Perrin, Noel
fromGarden Way Publishing bulletin
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common …
The authors guide your through the process, from collection through cooking and bottling. With a family tradition as syrup makers, the Andersons have first-hand knowledge of commercial production: cooking with evaporators, grading the syrup, building a sugarhouse, pricing, and m…
The authors guide your through the process, from collection through cooking and bottling. With a family tradition as syrup makers, the Andersons have first-hand knowledge of commercial production: cooking with evaporators, grading the syrup, building a sugarhouse, pricing, and m…
Sweet Maple is an instructional book on backyard sugarmaking that's also the story of one family's connection to the past on a small New England sugar farm. Throughout its pages, Michelle (the "sugarmaker's wife") gives advice on: the 22 different kinds of trees that can be tapp…