Shelburne Farms Maple Sugaring Part 1: Intro

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Shelburne Farms Maple Sugaring Tour with George Conklin

Shelburne Farms Maple Sugaring Part 3: Tree Physiology

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George Conklin gives an introduction to sugaring

Shelburne Farms Maple Sugaring Part 5: Tap Sap to Syrup

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Tour of Maple sugaring operation at shelburne farms with George Conklin of Shelburne Farms

Shelburne Farms Maple Sugaring Part 2: Stand Management, Tapping and Impact

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Video tour of Shelburne Farms Maple Sugar facility

Shelburne Farms Maple Sugaring Part 7: Some History and Why no more Grade B?

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Tour and instruction by George Conklin of Shelburne Farms

Shelburne Farms Maple Sugaring Part 9: What is Important to You and Wrapping up

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Tour of operations at Shelburne Farms with George Conklin

Photosynthesis

By: uvmext

The sugaring season has been over for a while. Maple trees ended their annual period of dormancy when their winter buds broke, allowing new leaves to emerge. These lush green leaves are now working to produce all the energy needed for the tree to ...

Tapping

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Winter is almost over and spring is almost here; it's time to make maple syrup. Each season sugar makers have to drill a new hole if they want to collect sap. The reason for this has to do with how trees respond to wounds. When a hole is drilled i...

USDA Numbers

By: uvmext

The USDA released the estimates for the 2019 Vermont maple crop. The numbers show that Vermont produced just over 2 million gallons of syrup in 2019. This represents a nearly 50% of all the syrup produced in the US and just under 7% increase from ...