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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Wordless Wednesday


(It's been warmer than usual, so the maple sap is running
 early, and then it snowed again!)
 

22 comments:

doodles n daydreams said...

Love this pic with the blue bags, I guess they're collecting the syrup? A lovely pop of colour.

Mari said...

Yes - the bags are collecting the sap to make the syrup.

Ginny Hartzler said...

Will the snow hurt it?

roentare said...

Cant believe the maple sap can run in the cold

Mari said...

Ginny - I don't think so. It freezes in the sacks, but then they thaw and boil it.

Sparky said...

Since I like Maple syrup so much this made me smile. Make more of it please! LOL Southeast Georgia has a lot of piney woods that generated turpentine inbetween timber harvests. Many of the old Slash Pines still around are "cat faced" (they have the V mark on the side). Brings back memories of how farmers used to have these all over their properties.
Blessings. xx

Catherine said...

Maple syrup I had some in Canada and have some now in my kitchen cabinet. SO good.

Donna said...

When in Vermont I always buy the maple syrup! Wonderful stuff...
hugs
Donna

R's Rue said...

Beautiful.

Debby said...

I’ve not ever seen this before. Interesting

Pamela M. Steiner said...

Nothing better and real maple syrup!! I just wish it wasn't so expensive! But I love to see the maple trees with their buckets, well, bags in this case! Such a welcome sight in springtime up north where it's still cold! Thank you for sharing it with us!

HappyK said...

Interesting to see the blue bags hanging from the trees.

Cheryl’s Sunlit Pathway said...

when I was a child we had some maple trees dad got the sap for syrup from. I have some maple syrup that was gifted to me from my brother from up in Michigan. Good stuff! Love the photo!

Sola Scriptura said...

Oh we love maple syrup!

Barbara said...

So that's what the bags look like on maple trees. I have not actually seen this before.

Great-Granny Grandma said...

Interesting picture.
I've always wondered how they collect the sap.
We have many maple trees in my little corner of the woods. In fact the street I live on is called Maple Avenue, but I've never seem anyone collecting the sap.

Terri D said...

That is a great photo, Mari! The color contrasts are so beautiful!!

Dianna said...

Oh...Maple syrup time! We used to do this where we lived previously. It was a lot of work...but so worth it!

Lowcarb team member said...

Many thanks for sharing this picture, I'd not seen anything like it before.

All the best Jan

Michelle said...

No more traditional buckets?! It seems like everything comes in a bag these days!

Prims By The Water said...

Love me some pure maple syrup! Janice

Jenny the Pirate said...

Oh my goodness I knew you'd get blasted with snow again! We however are in springtime full tilt. Flowering trees blooming, daffodils blowing in the warm breeze. Next stop, Pollenville ... ugh!!!! xoxo