Oct 15, 2019 | News from the Woods
My father said, “There were those who make syrup and those who make maple syrup”. My father and grandfather were the later. They took pride in making the best tasting maple syrup around and that tradition carries on with our family today. What does that mean as a...
Jun 21, 2019 | News from the Woods
My eyebrows raised in our last annual Michigan Maple Syrup Association (MMSA) meeting earlier this year as a result of a discussion of how to best clean your after season evaporator and syrup pan. As the members contributed their best practices, several discussed the...
Jun 5, 2019 | News from the Woods
The MapleWorxz Summer Routine The post Maple Syrup season is a time for making the changes before next years season to ensure greater efficiency and lets face it — more fun for everyone. This year we received our Michigan Department of Agriculture inspection...
Apr 13, 2019 | News from the Woods
The 2019 season entailed 800 taps and over 10,000 gallons of maple sap in four weeks of gathering and boiling to make syrup. Our best day gathered 1600 gallons of sap and there were several more that were close. We produced 265 gallons of Grade A Maple Syrup in both...
Jan 7, 2019 | News from the Woods
The MapleWorxz family has been reviewing and discussing the new label designs that Bill Kleist of Identity Creative https://identitycreative.com has created. This label is one for the round faced bottles and jars and we also have a wrap-around label for the larger...
Dec 24, 2018 | News from the Woods, Recipes
A Bacon lovers delight! 1 Pound 1/4 inch sliced bacon1/2 Cup Brown Sugar1/2 Cup Maple Syrup Preheat Oven to 325 degrees FLine two flat cookie sheets with rims with wax paperSprinkle the Brown Sugar in a shallow long panPour the Maple Syrup in another shallow...
