@@GoldShawFarm idk why I'm just now seeing this but I lived in Montreal full time for 4 years when I was a little girl, 1 to 5 years old. Then moved to the states. But my dad never left so I went back for every summer for 8 weeks and every Christmas and every Easter until I was an adult. Miss that part of the world a lot
I remember my grandpa making maple syrup . He would bore holes in the maple trees with a hand powered drill brace. I don't think that the spiles were much different then. To collect the sap he used a tam of horses to pull a flat wooden sled with a wood barrel attached to it. I sometimes got to ride on that sled. The syrup was boiled down in a sugar house ( also called a sugar shack ) which was actually in the woods. Not much to it. A roof and rough walls to keep the snow out more or less. A large sort of brick stove fireplace with big shallow pans. And a huge stack of firewood. Hot / warm maple syrup drizzled over a bowl of clean snow makes quite a treat. The maple syrup of those days tasted different than today's maple syrup. Maybe the wood smoke added it's flavors to the syrup ? Today's modern syrup is made on gas or electric stoves that are inside . Grandpa made his syrup to sell although some was kept for the house. There was nothing better than grandma's pancakes made from scratch using real buttermilk and topped with her home made butter and grandpa's maple syrup . Many people do not know that birch trees can be tapped in the same manner to make birch syrup .
Oops it is birch syrup for sure! ;) I looked up syrup. I guess you can make it from palm trees as well. Maple sap has a super high sugar content. Natives where I live put it on their steaks.( well some do). That's the traditional way, they used it like Europeans use salt. Who knew!
Good morning Morgan! Loved this video! I am eager to see this whole process! It’s cool to think about how the Shaw’s did this also for the past 100 years. You are carrying on a great tradition! Have a wonderful day!
I'm excited that your starting to tap the trees. My brother use to tap his maple trees in Upstate NY, Wynantskill near Troy and Albany NY. He made some great Maple syrup, I loved it. He had a stroke last year so no more syrup but it's fun to watch how it's done. Great information. I really enjoy your videos. It is so hot here in Florida already. I really miss being up north. Think I might be heading back if I can manage it.. Thanks for sharing these great videos.
@ Shirley Ethier , Upstate N.Y. at Troy ? You measuring from N.Y.C. ? I'm from upstate N.Y. ( also known as The North Country ) and you were about 100-125 miles south of me. What we called Central New York . On just about a center line through N.Y. ( east to west ) from Albany to Buffalo .
Caught me off guard with that one too! I'd never heard of tapping a black walnut tree! Gonna have to look into that! My first thought is "oh no! Why would you ruin a black walnut" but it kinda makes sense I suppose!
Great vid brother!!!!! I forgot to tell you last time but your dance story really got me man you are a great person I can tell that by the love you have for your farm and family!!
I LOVE the snow... but even I can see how it gets so much harder to move around when you have so much of it... even difficult to walk about the drifts in snow shoes!
It's so crazy how I look up completely different things like tapping a maple tree and still always manage to come across your channel, I love that you do it all man 💯💯💯💯💯 keep it going man you're a beast
Good morning Morgan! Just an observation, are you hitting the tap watchamacallit the correct way? I think the part on the top of it is where your supposed to tap it with your hammer. The metal is doubled over at that point just as the spout leads away from the top section. That keeps the end clean and not damaged by the hammer strikes. Now, mind you I've never tapped a maple tree but I've seen it done many times! If I'm wrong I will owe you 2 beers! ;-)
Ha...you might be kinda right. I use the rubber mallet because I've found that it avoids damaging the spile. I don't like hitting the upper part because I find that it ends up having more of a downward angle than I like.
I don't know how difficult it would be to do but or if you guys even have the trees available but it'd be really cool to see Birch Beer or at least harvesting Birch sap I guess I guess that's how you make it
Your lids should have a curled edge so they will slide on the bucket and not fall off. You want to slide them on so the peak is shedding rain, etc. off the sides, not towards the spout! If you're not sure, just ask my Dad (Fran)!
blowing into the tree causes bacteria to get a jump start on healing. use a stick or a home made small scraper or even a twig. gravity flow taps like you did are less important to get completely clean because the debris will flow out anyways.
If you walk your property inventory and tag your trees. For the best ones, those for tapping or lumber, start clearing competitive little trees. This way a person can keep an eye on the best trees over time.
I need to do this. I am lucky and get 3-4 half gallons for free from a family friend. I would love to do this myself just for the family. I also have to see if there are any sugaring maples on my property. I have some young red maples and tons of birch but not sure about maple.
@@dx92300 I've not done it myself, we don't have any on our property. This is a good article with some info 😊 practicalselfreliance.com/tapping-birch-trees/.
What tree diameter, tree age is best to begin tapping for sap? Thank you; Great vids. PS: when you’re finished collecting sap, I didn’t hear you say with what to stop up holes. Bugs have better chance of entering in spring/summer to do harm to tree, if not filled.
Ha! I actually have a stash of young maples on a slop near the edge of the permaculture orchard. I'll probably run a line 15 years from now and really start making syrup!
Thanks for showing this process! I would like to try this on our silver maple trees, anyone know if silver maple trees will work for syrup? And hey how the heck do those lids stay just propped up on the pail? Any breeze work knock them off... well it would where I live. Oh and barn cats on "my truck"?? 🤯 NOT HAPPENING on my truck! U have lucky cats! I dispise cat prints on any of my vehicles! Thanks for sharing!
You can tap silver maples for syrup, but I think it has less sugar vs a sugar maple. So your ratio might be closer to 50:1 or 60:1 vs 40:1 for a sugar maple. The lids have a lip that hooks onto the bucket, but they do blow off with a really strong wind. I sometimes will clip them on with a small bungee.
Can someone tell me why they are only tapping marple trees and not other trees? Each tree should produce sugar sirup and move it up and down during winter end to spring. And the sugar precentage shouldn't matter if you vaporize the water content.
This is super late but it’s because maple trees have a higher sugar content. Maple trees are typically 40 gallons of sap to 1 gallon of syrup. Other trees need way more gallons of sap like a birch tree would be anywhere from 100 to 200 gallons of sap just for one gallon of syrup
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As a half Quebecois girl my heart sings for maple! Loved watching the process even though I don't have maple trees
How long did you live up north? Where?
@@GoldShawFarm idk why I'm just now seeing this but I lived in Montreal full time for 4 years when I was a little girl, 1 to 5 years old. Then moved to the states. But my dad never left so I went back for every summer for 8 weeks and every Christmas and every Easter until I was an adult. Miss that part of the world a lot
When I lived in Maine we used to tap 80-90 trees every year. Its awesome! Also, so excited for your channel! You're growing so steadily so congrats!
Thanks, Finn!
I remember my grandpa making maple syrup . He would bore holes in the maple trees with a hand powered drill brace. I don't think that the spiles were much different then. To collect the sap he used a tam of horses to pull a flat wooden sled with a wood barrel attached to it. I sometimes got to ride on that sled. The syrup was boiled down in a sugar house ( also called a sugar shack ) which was actually in the woods. Not much to it. A roof and rough walls to keep the snow out more or less. A large sort of brick stove fireplace with big shallow pans. And a huge stack of firewood. Hot / warm maple syrup drizzled over a bowl of clean snow makes quite a treat. The maple syrup of those days tasted different than today's maple syrup. Maybe the wood smoke added it's flavors to the syrup ? Today's modern syrup is made on gas or electric stoves that are inside . Grandpa made his syrup to sell although some was kept for the house. There was nothing better than grandma's pancakes made from scratch using real buttermilk and topped with her home made butter and grandpa's maple syrup .
Many people do not know that birch trees can be tapped in the same manner to make birch syrup .
Farmers market up here sells birch sap!
@@Cate7451 ,
Birch sap or birch syrup ?
Oops it is birch syrup for sure! ;)
I looked up syrup. I guess you can make it from palm trees as well. Maple sap has a super high sugar content. Natives where I live put it on their steaks.( well some do). That's the traditional way, they used it like Europeans use salt. Who knew!
The title of this video is so exciting to me!! Ill get to the video now...
Awesome! And next week I'll start boiling, too.
Awesome! And next week I'll start boiling, too.
Awesome! And next week I'll start boiling, too.
Looking forward to watch that video!! Thank you Morgan!
Good morning Morgan! Loved this video! I am eager to see this whole process! It’s cool to think about how the Shaw’s did this also for the past 100 years. You are carrying on a great tradition! Have a wonderful day!
Thank you, Leslie.
I'm excited that your starting to tap the trees. My brother use to tap his maple trees in Upstate NY, Wynantskill near Troy and Albany NY. He made some great Maple syrup, I loved it. He had a stroke last year so no more syrup but it's fun to watch how it's done. Great information. I really enjoy your videos. It is so hot here in Florida already. I really miss being up north. Think I might be heading back if I can manage it.. Thanks for sharing these great videos.
I'm glad we can bring you a little bit of that northern cold, Shirley!
@ Shirley Ethier ,
Upstate N.Y. at Troy ? You measuring from N.Y.C. ? I'm from upstate N.Y. ( also known as The North Country ) and you were about 100-125 miles south of me. What we called Central New York . On just about a center line through N.Y. ( east to west ) from Albany to Buffalo .
Thank you for sharing. We tap our Black Walnut trees using s similar method but I cant imagine how wonderful it must be to get such a harvest!
Whoa! Black walnut? What does that taste like?
Caught me off guard with that one too! I'd never heard of tapping a black walnut tree! Gonna have to look into that! My first thought is "oh no! Why would you ruin a black walnut" but it kinda makes sense I suppose!
Kinda nutty :)
@@littlewhitedory1 ,
Have not seen you for quite some time. Something happen to you ?
Great video Morgan! This must be the season. I see a lot of people tapping those trees.😀
Oh yeah! The sap, she be running!
So excited for you Morgan!! Hope you get a good amount this year :)
Me too! Fingers crossed.
Great vid brother!!!!! I forgot to tell you last time but your dance story really got me man you are a great person I can tell that by the love you have for your farm and family!!
Thank you!
I LOVE the snow... but even I can see how it gets so much harder to move around when you have so much of it... even difficult to walk about the drifts in snow shoes!
It's so crazy how I look up completely different things like tapping a maple tree and still always manage to come across your channel, I love that you do it all man 💯💯💯💯💯 keep it going man you're a beast
This is so neat to see the maple tap!! Sometimes I can find Vermont Maple candy in the fall, yum.
Mmmm .... maple syrup 😋.
It is my favorite flavor of pretty much anything.
Good morning Morgan! Just an observation, are you hitting the tap watchamacallit the correct way? I think the part on the top of it is where your supposed to tap it with your hammer. The metal is doubled over at that point just as the spout leads away from the top section. That keeps the end clean and not damaged by the hammer strikes. Now, mind you I've never tapped a maple tree but I've seen it done many times! If I'm wrong I will owe you 2 beers! ;-)
Ha...you might be kinda right. I use the rubber mallet because I've found that it avoids damaging the spile. I don't like hitting the upper part because I find that it ends up having more of a downward angle than I like.
I don't know how difficult it would be to do but or if you guys even have the trees available but it'd be really cool to see Birch Beer or at least harvesting Birch sap I guess I guess that's how you make it
Your lids should have a curled edge so they will slide on the bucket and not fall off. You want to slide them on so the peak is shedding rain, etc. off the sides, not towards the spout! If you're not sure, just ask my Dad (Fran)!
Thank you!
blowing into the tree causes bacteria to get a jump start on healing. use a stick or a home made small scraper or even a twig. gravity flow taps like you did are less important to get completely clean because the debris will flow out anyways.
I didn't know that. I always worried about using a stick because I thought would be more likely to carry a tree-impacted disease vs blowing.
oh that sweet drip drip drip!
It's such a satisfying sound to hear the ping against the metal bucket.
If you walk your property inventory and tag your trees. For the best ones, those for tapping or lumber, start clearing competitive little trees. This way a person can keep an eye on the best trees over time.
i'm thinking since you live in Vermont, you might consider getting a snow machine so you can access
your WHOLE farm.
I need to do this. I am lucky and get 3-4 half gallons for free from a family friend. I would love to do this myself just for the family. I also have to see if there are any sugaring maples on my property. I have some young red maples and tons of birch but not sure about maple.
Now is the time! You'll probably get 2-3 weeks of good weather for it over the next month.
You can tap birch trees too. I hear the syrup tastes similar to molasses
Alivian Acres really?! I have a ton of birch. Never heard of that.
@@dx92300 I've not done it myself, we don't have any on our property. This is a good article with some info 😊 practicalselfreliance.com/tapping-birch-trees/.
What tree diameter, tree age is best to begin tapping for sap? Thank you;
Great vids. PS: when you’re finished collecting sap, I didn’t hear you say with what to stop up holes. Bugs have better chance of entering in spring/summer to do harm to tree, if not filled.
hmmm maybe you could plant a few maple trees in the food forest, just saying... :)
Ha! I actually have a stash of young maples on a slop near the edge of the permaculture orchard. I'll probably run a line 15 years from now and really start making syrup!
Would putting the spiles on the Easr side be more effective? You know morning sun...
East Geesh.
Hi..... 🎥👍👍👍
Thanks for the link!!! I LOVE maple syrup.... But as a diabetic....I can't eat it. 😭😭😭😭
Thanks for showing this process! I would like to try this on our silver maple trees, anyone know if silver maple trees will work for syrup? And hey how the heck do those lids stay just propped up on the pail? Any breeze work knock them off... well it would where I live. Oh and barn cats on "my truck"?? 🤯 NOT HAPPENING on my truck! U have lucky cats! I dispise cat prints on any of my vehicles! Thanks for sharing!
You can tap silver maples for syrup, but I think it has less sugar vs a sugar maple. So your ratio might be closer to 50:1 or 60:1 vs 40:1 for a sugar maple. The lids have a lip that hooks onto the bucket, but they do blow off with a really strong wind. I sometimes will clip them on with a small bungee.
That's fascinating
Bwaaaaaa I m so exited
At what age is a maple tree considered mature ?
Can someone tell me why they are only tapping marple trees and not other trees? Each tree should produce sugar sirup and move it up and down during winter end to spring. And the sugar precentage shouldn't matter if you vaporize the water content.
Shahrevar Taste?
This is super late but it’s because maple trees have a higher sugar content. Maple trees are typically 40 gallons of sap to 1 gallon of syrup. Other trees need way more gallons of sap like a birch tree would be anywhere from 100 to 200 gallons of sap just for one gallon of syrup
Caden Hoogeveen are sugar maples a separate type?
I use 5/16
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