I've been away from New England far too long. I'd forgotten completely about sugaring time. Well, I'll be back for a few days in August..long past the time for fresh maple sugar/syrup.
Looking at that panoramic picture, I'm kind of thinking that maple syrup, like sausage, is something you don't want to see being made. ;-) Messy place..
Thank you, Fred. That photo brought back some of my most wonderful memories of childhood in the 1950's. I can smell the sweet steam we used to experience in the sugar-house we huddled in as the sweet sap was boiled down in a picturesque valley in Manchester Vermont. We also got to ride on the horse-drawn cart they carried the big barrels around on when collecting the sap from the buckets on the trees! Magical times....and far away from where I am now in New Zealand. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Fred. And..........I hear NZ saved 3 1/2% on its usual electricity consumption during earth hour.
I've been away from New England far too long. I'd forgotten completely about sugaring time. Well, I'll be back for a few days in August..long past the time for fresh maple sugar/syrup.
ReplyDeleteLooking at that panoramic picture, I'm kind of thinking that maple syrup, like sausage, is something you don't want to see being made. ;-) Messy place..
ReplyDeleteThank you, Fred. That photo brought back some of my most wonderful memories of childhood in the 1950's. I can smell the sweet steam we used to experience in the sugar-house we huddled in as the sweet sap was boiled down in a picturesque valley in Manchester Vermont. We also got to ride on the horse-drawn cart they carried the big barrels around on when collecting the sap from the buckets on the trees! Magical times....and far away from where I am now in New Zealand.
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you, Fred.
And..........I hear NZ saved 3 1/2% on its usual electricity consumption during earth hour.