Winter is Coming – Protect Your Garden
Here in the north, we’ve already seen snow in the garden. Winter is on it’s way which means it is time to protect our valuable plants for next years garden.
Although many gardeners believe that when the weather starts getting colder and the leaves start to fall, it is time to put away the gardening [...]
Got Your Own Maple Sugar Bush?
It’s Time Then, to Learn to Make Syrup!
If you have a woodlot on your property with a few maple trees, let’s call it a personal sugar bush and get you into the age-old tradition of making your own delicious syrup.
Collecting sap from a maple sugar bush and rendering down into syrup is a tradition us [...]
Making Maple Syrup or Sugar
Once you have collected sap from your own sugar bush, you are ready to begin making maple syrup. Select your spot to create an outdoor fire pit — alternatively a shed with a heat source. Be warned however, if you’re making syrup inside a shed, sap evaporation will result in a sticky film on walls, [...]
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