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Traditional Collection Methods
Traditional methods of sap collection have changed over time. Initially, Native Americans created gashes in the stem, and directed sap into wooden or bark vessels. Early spouts were created by hollowing out small twigs, which were inserted into ta...
Autumn is An artist who uses An oak leaf on which To paint a masterpiece. –William Allen Ward What a gorgeous day! Nothing like a joyful walk in the woods to get out some of the midterm stress. Instead of filming what I saw with my eye...
Dear Belkys and Lynn: Help! We live in the small town of Starksboro, VT, population 1700 or so. We still have one of them old timey giant C-Band satellite dishes in our backyard. It brings us FOX TV via WSVN Miami. More importantly, it br...
Who were the first sugar makers? Many believe native Americans were the first to collect sugar from maple trees in North America. In fact, it was probably squirrels. Squirrels have been observed collecting encrusted sugar from the end twigs they n...
Maple trees managed for sap production remain part of a forest ecosystem. Forest ecosystems are complex communities of plants, animals and microbes all interacting with their physical environment and climate. Forests are especially competitive env...
Doug Johnstone, Ag Resource Management Specialist IV for the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, explains the agency's role in herbicide use in VT. He covers regulatory– understanding how they track herbicide use, monitoring for ground and surface wat...
For our podcast we wanted to talk exactly about that. Growth. What facilitates growth? Is it physical activity that causes children to sprout out of the ground like a beanstalk shooting for the sky? Or is it nutrition that produces the ideal envir...