The Timber Life | How to TAP MAPLE TREES - Harvesting Fresh Maple Tea & Snowshoeing in Canada @TheTimberLife | Uploaded March 2020 | Updated October 2024, 9 minutes ago.
Tis the season! We tapped some beautiful grand mature maple trees and had some lovely sweet maple tea. We later boiled the rest down at home and made the most delicious sweet maple syrup!
Tapping season in our neighbourhood is generally around early - mid March and depends on weather conditions. Sap starts flowing when daytime temperatures rise above freezing (32 degrees Fahrenheit / 0 Celsius) but nighttime temperatures still remain below freezing. The rising temperature creates the pressure causing the flow. Sap tastes best early on in the season and the later you tap, the more bitter it tastes.
Please only tap healthy mature Maple trees! Select trees that are at the very least 10 inches in diameter. We plugged the holes after an hour with a sapling from the same tree to reduce any chance of infection.
Check out my husband's channel @TrustinTimber
Follow the journey on instagram:
Caitlin_Timber
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Tis the season! We tapped some beautiful grand mature maple trees and had some lovely sweet maple tea. We later boiled the rest down at home and made the most delicious sweet maple syrup!
Tapping season in our neighbourhood is generally around early - mid March and depends on weather conditions. Sap starts flowing when daytime temperatures rise above freezing (32 degrees Fahrenheit / 0 Celsius) but nighttime temperatures still remain below freezing. The rising temperature creates the pressure causing the flow. Sap tastes best early on in the season and the later you tap, the more bitter it tastes.
Please only tap healthy mature Maple trees! Select trees that are at the very least 10 inches in diameter. We plugged the holes after an hour with a sapling from the same tree to reduce any chance of infection.
Check out my husband's channel @TrustinTimber
Follow the journey on instagram:
Caitlin_Timber
trustintimber
