loungeopf.blogg.se

Once the buckets are full they are emptied and replaced to collect more sap.

Once this is done metal spouts are inserted into the holes so the sweet liquid can flow into buckets that have been attached to the spouts. These trees need to be "at least fifty years old." Larger trees can have more than one hole, but the smaller ones can only have one. The first thing is to drill a hole in the trunk of each sugar maple tree. All of these trees that are planted together are "called a sugar bush." As these trees grow they also produce a sap which is a "clear sweet liquid." When springtime rolls around it is time to harvest the sap that is flowing in the trees. The pure, sweet syrup is awesome, but how is it made and where does it come from? The "maple syrup comes from sugar maple trees" that are planted so workers can make syrup.