Maple syrup is made within a small time frame of 4 to 6 weeks. Producers must be prepared all the time for whatever weather comes along. It's getting outside on a warm spring day enjoying the break after a long cold winter. It's being with family and friends in a cozy Sugar House with the fire burning warmly, listening to the popping and crackling of the wood, syrup bubbles rising and falling, columns of steam bellowing up and out into the night air. It's the the unforgettable smell of sweet maple syrup all around you.
Magic takes place every spring in the Green Mountains of Vermont.
If you decide to take a ride on the back roads of Vermont some spring and should see huge amounts of steam rising into the air then you are very near a sugar house. Like most Vermont's my family would would love to have you stop in and visit. Experience first hand the process. Ask all the questions you like and of course have a free taste of our syrup. I am on the board of directors for the Rutland County Maple Producers.