The Sugaring Season is Drawing Near
By admin • Feb 4th, 2008 • Category: Arts and Culture, Off the Beaten PathOnly the bright, cold days of February stand between us and sugaring season of March. South west Vermont has no shortage of sugaring during the annual Maple Open House weekend on March 28th through 30th where a number of sugar houses open their doors to the public and let everyone take a whiff of dense sugary sweet air in a sugar house while the maple sap is boiled down.
Our personal favorite is the Merck Forest pancake breakfast with organic sausage and all of the syrup that you can handle. The various trails around the vast Merck lands make for excellent hikes and you can actually here the gentle rush of sap in the lines along the trails that transport the sap from tree to collection tank.
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[…] As the winds continues to blow and the snow to fall, there is one thing in the minds of those who got a sweet tooth – it’s maple sugar season! Old and young alike look forward to this time of the year to get a taste of this wonderfully sweet syrup made right in front your very eyes. In the coming weeks, there are going to be a lot of activities focusing on maple syrup and its making. […]