MAPLE SUGARING... How syrup is made

This is how an automatic draw off works. When the syrup reaches the desired temperature, the syrup is then collected where it is filtered, graded and canned.

This is a sugar bush in the spring time when conditions are favorable. It start in early spring when the nights are cold but the day light hours are warm.   Sugaring season usually starts around the first of March.

We have modernized our operation to maple tubing that is strung from the maple tree to a main line. The sap drips from the tree on warm days when the conditions are right.

Sap is collected into a large holding tank. It is stored until there is enough in the tank to transport to the sugar house.

Sap is pumped from the holding tank to gathering tanks from our Morgan, Holland and Lake Road locations to the sugar house.

Sap is pumped from the gathering tanks into a storage tank ready to be processed.

Sap is then processed by the reverse osmosis and stored until it is ready to boil.

This is our evaporator in which we boil the sap into syrup. The sap is heated with wood.