Maple Traditions March 27, 2010

Take a walk through history on this special day dedicated to the history of maple syrup. Outside the Sugarhouse, learn about the "batch method" as you watch sap boiling in a huge copper kettle. Inside, see how it's made in our modern wood-fired evaporator. Under the Red Oak, traditional skills instructor Jim Miller will be making folded birchbark containers once used by Native Americans to collect sap. In the Log Cabin, kids will make their own sap spile from sumac branches, just like settlers did in the 1870s, and taste maple taffy made on the woodstove. Don't forget to stop by for a lesson in the Schoolhouse and take a guided tour through the Sugarbush!