sugar maple, which doesn't thrive in warmer climates.
Thanks for this wonderful discussion on maple syrup. I only know about
this from books. But I wanted to dispel worry about sugar maples with warmer
temperatures--there are a great many in my little town in Tennessee. My
neighbor
We were supposed to have a mild frost tonight followed by warming weather.
I was supposed to have plants shipped Monday.
When I got up it was 14 degrees with 1 cm snow.
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Larry Wallace
Cincinnati
Should I be typing in white rather than green?
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Larry.
Thats kind of like asking 'Wouldn't it be easier to just have silk flowers
and Fake Plants, stuck in a bowl of cat litter?
Mr. Kyle Fletcher Baker, MCN
Maine Zone 5
--- On Sun, 2/20/11, Larry Wallace uuall...@gmail.com wrote:
Wouldn't it be easier to grow imitation maple ?
I was being silly. I am old enough to remember when generic syrup had 2%
maple syrup.
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Larry Wallace
Cincinnati
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This morning Johan and I trudged across our berm (raised grass terrace south of
the house) to put put in one tap in the south side of each of our sugar maple
trees--planted by us in 1975-76. Two of the three trees are pouring out sap
like
crazy. On the other tree he drilled right under an old
Barbara,
Your email brought back so many memories for me! My sister and I used
to make syrup every spring in Ohio. I remember now how slippery it was
going out to collect the sap and how long it took to cook it down. What
a nice thing that was to remember. We used to make a gallon or two
Most Maple syrup come from the Black Maple, not the Sugar maple. Euell
Gibbons has made mixed Maple/Birch syrup.
Making it indoors is also good for removing wallpaper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euell_Gibbons
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Larry Wallace
Cincinnati
Spring is four weeks away
