We tapped our sugar maple trees this week and that to me is the moment that Spring officially begins. The sap will run for as long as the temperatures continue to freeze at night, and warm up during the day. It takes the tree about 6 weeks to close off the tap holes we drill. If the sap is still running at that point, we could redrill the holes but that seems a bit unfair. We’ll get what we can in the next six weeks and when the tree shuts us off, we’ll call it a season.
And I often wonder if it harms the trees to suck so much out of them with the tubing system. I just love how hard you and Anne work to bring forth things from your land, from your animals, in ways that are to scale and feel so timeless.
Less plastic, less focus on profit maximization, more living in harmony with the land and the seasons- So with you there! Thank you!
And I often wonder if it harms the trees to suck so much out of them with the tubing system. I just love how hard you and Anne work to bring forth things from your land, from your animals, in ways that are to scale and feel so timeless.