On Saturday while my hubby was working all day I decided to take the boys to our local nature center. Every March they tap their sugar maples and have a festival two Saturday's of the month. So off we went in search of how do they make maple syrup. First they tap the trees as you can see the buckets here with the sap dripping into them.
If you look closely you can see the tap and the sap dripping in.
After they've collected enough sap they cook it and...wallah... maple syrup. We couldn't get close enough to the big fire where they were cooking the maple syrup so I didn't get a picture of it. But it was very interesting how they do it. We did learn that the sugar in sap when cooked is what gives the syrup its rich amber/brown color.
Here Lucas is trying is hand at carrying buckets how they would've carried them in the old times. They had a trail to walk and they showed how the Indians would make maple syrup and cook it up it was very fascinating to the boys they had a really good time.
Lastly we stopped in the barn and got to see how a blacksmith would've made something out of metal. They heated it up and then showed the kids how to shape into something and what tools to use. So without the boys even knowing it they got a school lesson for the day:)
If you look closely you can see the tap and the sap dripping in.
After they've collected enough sap they cook it and...wallah... maple syrup. We couldn't get close enough to the big fire where they were cooking the maple syrup so I didn't get a picture of it. But it was very interesting how they do it. We did learn that the sugar in sap when cooked is what gives the syrup its rich amber/brown color.
Here Lucas is trying is hand at carrying buckets how they would've carried them in the old times. They had a trail to walk and they showed how the Indians would make maple syrup and cook it up it was very fascinating to the boys they had a really good time.
Lastly we stopped in the barn and got to see how a blacksmith would've made something out of metal. They heated it up and then showed the kids how to shape into something and what tools to use. So without the boys even knowing it they got a school lesson for the day:)
1 comment:
Looks like a good time! I wanted to take my kids but I forgot about it when Saturday rolled around, oh well there is always next year.
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