Month: April 2017

Sugarhouses I’ve entered so far

1

 Harris Farm Dayton, ME 4/2/09

2

 Giles Family Farm Alfred, ME 3/28/10

3

 Thurston and Peters Newfield, ME 3/26/11

4

 Maple Hill Sugarhouse Newfield, ME 3/26/11

5

 Hilltop Boilers Newfield, ME 3/24/12

6

 Remick Farm Museum Tamworth, NH 3/24/14

7

 Meadowview Sugarhouse Union, NH 3/23/13

8

 Spring Harvest Maple Farm Barrington, NH 3/20/11

9

 Meaders Heritage Farm Rochester, NH 3/23/13

10

 Sanborn Hope Farm Rochester 3/23/14

11

 Price Farm Gilmanton, NH 3/29/14

12

 Fillion Maple Farm Gilmanton, NH 3/29/14

13

 Still Seeking Farm Gilmanton, NH 3/29/14

14

 Pearl & Sons Farm Loudon, NH 3/29/14

15

 Maple Ridge Sugar House Loudon, NH 3/29/14

16

 Bascom Family Farm Alstead, NH 3/21/15

17

 Clarks’ Sugar House Langdon, NH 3/21/15

18

 Belgian Meadows Farm Lebanon, ME 3/22/15

19

 Chase Farms Wells, ME 3/22/15

20

 Young Maple Ridge N Sandwich, NH 3/28/15

21

 Booty Family Farm Center Sandwich, NH 3/28/15

22

 SP’s Sugar Shack Center Ossipee, NH 3/28/15

23

 Ten Rod Farm Rochester, NH 3/29/15

24

 Good Olde Boys Maple Syrup Strafford, NH 3/29/15

25

 The Root Sellar Nottingham, NH 3/12/16

26

 Folsom’s Sugar House Chester, NH 3/12/16

27

 Rising Sweetness Sugar Shack New Durham, NH 3/19/16

28

 Shepherd’s Hut Market Gilford, NH 3/19/16

29

 Windswept Maples Farm Loudon, NH 3/19/16

30

 Ridgeland Farm Loudon, NH 3/19/16

31

 Journey’s End Maple Farm Pittsfield, NH 3/19/16

32

 Matras Family Farm Pittsfield, NH 3/19/16

33

 Sap Hound Maple Company Brownfield, ME 3/20/16

34

 Turkey Street Maples Chocorua, NH 3/20/16

35

 Triple C Farm Lyman, ME 3/26/16

36

 Coopers Maple Products Windham, ME 3/26/16

37

 Nash Valley Farm Windham, ME 3/26/16

38

 Merrifield Farm Gorham, ME 3/26/16

39

 Pingree Maple Products Cornish, ME 3/26/16

40

 Rocky M Farm Porter, ME 3/26/16

41

 Willette’s Maple Syrup Porter, ME 3/26/16

42

 Lost Cabin Sugar Bush Limington, ME 3/26/16

43

 Morin’s Maple Syrup Limerick, ME 3/27/16

44

 Maple House Farm Waterboro, ME 3/27/16

45

 Maple Moon Farm Lebanon, ME 3/27/16

46

 LaBounty Sugar House Lunenburg, VT 4/2/16

47

 Gram-Vue Farm Lunenburg, VT 4/2/16

48

 Maple Memories Sugarhouse Lunenburg, VT 4/2/16

49

 East View Farm Lunenburg, VT 4/2/16

50

 Macie Sugarhouse Lunenburg, VT 4/2/16

51

 Goodrich’s Maple Farm Cabot, VT 4/2/16

52

 Silloway Maple Farm Randolph Center, VT 4/2/16

53

 Seabrisket Sugarbush Brookfield, NH 3/18/17

54

 Eldridge Family Sugar House Tamworth, NH 3/18/17

55

 Bridgewater Mountain Maple Plymouth, NH 3/19/17

56

 Huckins Maple Farm Tilton, NH 3/19/17

57

 Mapletree Farm Concord, NH 3/25/17

58

 LedgeTop Sugar House Boscawen, NH 3/25/17

59

 Kimball’s Sugar House Webster, NH 3/25/17

60

 Courser Farm Warner, NH 3/25/17

61

 Sammy’s Sugar Shack Milford, NH 3/25/17

62

 Brookview Sugarhouse Wilton, NH 3/25/17

63

 Connolly’s Sugar House Temple, NH 3/25/17

64

 Ben’s Sugar Shack Temple, NH 3/25/17
Harris Family Farm Dayton, ME 3/26/17

65

 Douston Maple and Honey Arundel, ME 3/26/17

66

 Brookridge Boilers Lyman, ME 3/26/17
Giles Family’s New Sugarhouse Alfred, ME 3/26/17

67

 Benton’s Sugar Shack Thornton, NH 4/1/17

68

 Fadden’s Sugar House N Woodstock, NH 4/1/17
Meadowview View Sugarhouse Union, NH 4/2/17

69

 Sugarmomma’s Maple Farm Northwood, NH 4/2/17

70

 Dill Family Farm Deerfield, NH 4/2/17

71

 Forty to One Farmington, NH 3/4/18

72

 Hunt’s Sugar House Hillsboro, NH  3/10/18

73

 Atkins Family Sugarhouse Washington, NH  3/10/18
Bascom Family Farm Alstead, NH 3/10/18
Clarks’ Sugar House Langdon, NH 3/10/18

74

 Woodard’s Sugar House Surry, NH 3/10/18

75

 Crescendo Farm  Surry, NH 3/10/18

76

 Dufresne’s Sugar House Williamsburg, MA 3/17/18

77

 Paul’s Sugarhouse Williamsburg, MA 3/17/18

78

 Hanging Mountain Farm Westhampton, MA 3/17/18

79

 Clapp Sugarhouse  Westhampton, MA 3/17/18

80

 Steve’s Sugar Shack  Westhampton, MA 3/17/18

81

 Zawalick’s Sugarhouse Florence, MA 3/17/18

82

 Brookledge Sugarhouse Whately, MA 3/17/18

83

 Boyden Brothers Maple Conway, MA 3/17/18

84

 Hutchinson’s Family Sugarhouse Canterbury, NH 3/18/18
 85 Baker’s Syrup Warner, NH 3/24/18
86 Bate’s Maple Syrup Warner, NH 3/24/18
87 Beaver Meadowbrook Farm Warner, NH 3/24/18
 88 Turyn’s Tap’n & Sap’n Webster, NH 3/24/18
 89 Rogers Maple Syrup Warner, NH 3/24/18
 90 Kearsarge Gore Farm Warner, NH 3/24/18
 91 Sweet’s Maple/Ben’s Sugar Shack Newbury, NH 3/24/18
 92 Meetinghouse Hill Tree Farm Sutton, NH 3/24/18
 93 Hidden Roots Maple Farm Limerick, ME 3/25/18
 94 Alderwood Farm Limerick, ME 3/25/18
 95 Sunnyside Maples Loudon, NH 3/31/18
 96 Trailside Sugar House Andover, NH 3/31/18
 97 5 Saplings Sugar House  Wilmot, NH 3/31/18
98 4-A Sugar Shack  Andover, NH 3/31/18
99 Grampa’s Sugar Barn  Danbury, NH 3/31/18
Spring Harvest Maple Farm is my local guy – I haven’t kept track of every time I’ve visited them. There may be others that I have visited a couple of time. I will try to keep better track.
There are also some that I have photographed off season or from the road.

Now I need to write…

I’m home. It’s 5:45 pm Sunday, April 2, 2017. NH Maple month is officially over. And as I look back I see that I visited my first Maple Farm 8 years ago today. There’s still plenty of maple activity to go this year – at least to the north. Some to the south are finished and it won’t take too many days like today for the buds to come out. Sugar Maples usually last a little longer than Reds but if you are on tubing you may not have the option to choose your trees. There’s also things like the Vermont Maple Festival at the end of the month. I have a commitment for Saturday but might see what I can do on Sunday…then again, it looks like all the Sugarhouse tours are Saturday. Maybe I should just aim now for Vermont Maplerama in August.

This year has been a strange year all around. The weather has been up and down, particularly crazy on weekends which is the time I have to go Sweet Peeping, that is, hunting open Sugar Shacks. But I’ve had many good discussions with Sugarmakers of all skill levels and passed out many cards. I’ve realized how hard these people work and thought about how maybe I can share information between them in ways no one else can. In light of that, I’ve chosen to open my Facebook Maple Albums to public viewing. I’d love to share the information that I’ve found with the farmers who might learn something.

I also invite critique, criticism and corrections. If I have something wrong, whether it be technique or history, please drop me a note so I can correct it ASAP. That being said, here are the links to my albums. Warning: they are large.

Maple Sugaring (#1)

Maple Sugar #2

Maple Sugar #3

And I hope to transcribe some of my notes about the farms I have visited this year and get some blog posts written soon. 2017 brought less quantity but greater quality visits.

Enjoy! May you have a sweet season.