i love the way you film, not too many comments, just the necessary, and how you film slowly. it's very pleasant to watch. please make more ! anne

Hello, Jeff here from the United States. I just found this episode recently as I have tried to follow you for the past years. Maple is my favorite. I recently watch an older couple making maple butter/cream and also maple sugar. We in the states have mostly been brain washed to regular store bought pancake syrup so to speak only to be educated from some canadians and northern residence in Vermont and other areas educating us what real maple syrup is like and though it is pricey you are getting the real deal, no store bought cheap sugary syrup. I love my maple extract and I love the Madagascar vanilla. I have bought a bottle of Crown Maple Organic Maple Syrup, Madagascar Vanilla Infused from Amazon and it was delicious. Do you have a favorite. I do like the robust flavor Maple but would like to try some other brands. Wishing your and your wife and daughter a Merry Christmas. I so miss watching your dad. What a wonderful soul and I know you guys were so close. What a blessing and so many memories as father and son you guys shared. May I ask if your mother is still around and any siblings. Oh, I love your backdoor project you have made. Your attention to detail to perfection really stands out putting your remarkable cabin at another level. I am anticipating a very special staircase with those curved pieces of wood you have. Love the wagon wheel from your father. So satisfying. Take Care and sending best Holiday wishes. Jeff./US

I learned so much in under 20 min. I wish we could do this. We have maple trees, but we never get snow. Hi from Florida 🌞 I’ve watched all your cabin videos and lost my account because I was paying for 3 YT premium subscriptions. Didn’t know I deleted the wrong one. And had to start over. Ugh 🤣 So glad I found you again. Love your content!

I actually fell asleep watching this on my phone in bed listening to the fire roar

Pretty sappy video. I love it. Maple syrup is awesome. One of Canada's treasures.

As I sit at my breakfast table in an Australian summer enjoying maple syrup over banana on toast I can only imagine what your syrup would taste like!

5:59 That looks so satisfying

I live in northern wisconsin by lake superior and found this very informative....I am surrounded by sugar maples....some of them are huge. Never had the time to give it a try but that ends this spring. Usually a couple friends give me a quart each year and it is a major treat. This year I will pay them back. Thanks for the video. Great, great job.

Awesome just like all the videos on your channel! I love the pauses in dialogue to better enjoy watching the process such as the sap dripping, fire etc...

You are just totally awesome! Thanks for taking the time to share. Wish I could be there!

Really great video, I can't wait till next year to be able to do this. Thank you very much for the excellent tutorial.

Why do I get the feeling that this is stuff every Canadian knows? Lol

you right, it is a good time out side.I enjoy my time making maple syrup every year.

love love love this video it help a lot

Great video sir, thank you very much.

Very informational thank you :)

Just subscribed today--Been watching your vids all day--Love em'

It's almost sugaring time In NE Pa. I've been making my own syrup for years. So I just let my grandkids watch this so they knew what we were going to do next weekend. They can't wait

Great video very informative.

Dude, you're the man. Thanks for the informative videos.

Very detail and nice video. Thanks for let me gain more knowdlege

Great Video.

I've heard that it is also very important to bind the tree where you putted in the taps or put a fitting stick in the whole to prevent insects or other organismes harming the tree. Btw, very nices videos :)

Buddy you are a true Canadian lad!

Wow wish I could be there to smell the maple sap boiling and the smoke all mixed with the crisp cool air! Great series of videos and thanks so much for taking care of the trees.

Great stuff man.

this was really wonderful! This answered a few questions, but now I have a few more questions. How many days are you tapping your trees for? Say you have below 0 temp Christmas week, and you drive your spiles in on New Years Day, how long do you or can you collect sap from one large tree? if you have a giant walk-in freezer with the ability to keep your sap at zero how long can you store your sap before reducing it down into syrup? Will it go bad if I decide not to boil it down until Spring? Have you made maple sugar granules? How do you make black syrup - think they used to call it B or D Grade? a table spoon of that is like eating a whole piece of cake, was so delicious. thank you

Damnit, now I have to make waffles... Nice job and great video as always pal!

I live in New Jersey, and although it isn't always super cold here we usually get a week or two of below freezing weather. I am ordering the equipment to do this......very informative video. I will be scouting out sugar maples this fall. Thanks!

Wow very nice job men!

that's awesome I'll have to try it sometime. I just need to find some maple trees lol

Oh and the syrup making was pretty Kool to see also

How do you seal the sap hole to prevent more leakage and insect infestation?

The way to reduce the bubbling over is to put a tooth pick into a stick of butter then but a tiny bit into the the bubbling syrup but not much or you will have to label your syrup butter maple syrup, a trick used my many.

nicely done!

excellent video Outsider...all your videos have been very insightful...just a shame we don't have sugar maple over near me, looks fun to do...Keep your videos coming...Would love to see an update on your log cabin on a budget.

Thats the best stuff! I can pour that on everything to eat.

Even though its summer this is making me want some beanies​ and weenies xD

I'd have to say, Your father taught you well. Enjoy him while you still have him, as mine is gone. Love and cherish him for some day He will be watching down upon you and knowing he did all he could for you. Great Love.....

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVe this thank you very much

I remember something as kid about using milk to keep the sap from boiling over in the final boil. That was a long time ago and that's all I can remember . Have to do some web searching.

Now that is dedication. All that work for so small a reward. But, having said that, I've never tasted real maple syrup before and I'm never likely to either, being as I live on the southern tip of Africa. What passes for maple syrup here is probably synthetic flavouring. Also, I cannot imagine that level of cold. I'd never get out of bed. Good work though.

Great videos, easy to listen to. I wonder if you could use your sap, instead of sugar, with your hawthorns or hips to make jam?

That coffee looked sooooo good!! Who is the manufacturer of that coffee maker??? Thanks for sharing!

whistle berries and wieners make a delicious lunch I save my ice crystals for making my coffee water just ever-so-slightly sweet no sense in wasting Nature's purified water great program thank you for your wisdom and knowledge

Fun!

great vid! i use a large stainless pot on a propane turkey fryer setup. i get about 3 quarters of a gallon of syrup per 5 gal propane tank. (finished inside on range with evaporation hood.) comes out to about 15 dollars. 12 for the tank and 3 for electricity. this year I've used 3 tanks and i have almost 2.5 gals of the yummy! not as expensive as you would think...

Love the video thx!

dude !!! your are so damn cool !!!! great video..huge fan !!!-A dude in Montreal

I love the leaf bottle!! Any chance you would sale it full of syrup? I live in Arizona so I have no chance of getting sap to cook down. Thank you for the videos

Maple taffy had to be the most Canadian thing ever.

Just finished off my first "almost" quart of the season.

Oh hail brother of the north! Fantastic tutorial: fun, educational, and oh man that coffee sounds great! *likes and subscribes* ...With love from michigan (which I always say is part of Canada, and anyone who disagrees should respect my politics , or shove off eh! )

Hello! I have a group of forestry students who are really taking an interest with this and are having fun! Thank you for the awesome clip! Very informative. One question! Where did you find the red 5 gallon jug lid that you put the tubbing through? Thank you!

3:26 That's cute 😁

What are you using as a "wood stove?" We have just started making syrup but so far it's too windy for us to work outside (no sugar shack lol) what are your pots resting on?

Re: spiles, what are your thoughts on the risk of plastic leaching into your sap? Seems like stainless is safer?

You should b filtering your finished syrup hot. Not cold. You'll get more impurities out that way. And also prevent mold🍁🍁👍

add some of that syrup to your beans :)

I saw a bottle of syrup in the store, yesterday , shaped like that leaf bottle

Other videos say to only drill one and a half inches which I’ve been doing and getting lots of output

how do you control the niter buildup?

Now I want Beanie Weenies and a stack of hot pancakes... with the syrup.

To avoid the lengthy time finishing inside... Boil it in stage one to 215° then add d.e. and filter ( I'm still torn on which filter is most efficient and cleans best) .. Then bring it inside and cook in smaller batches. Also purchase a decent hotplate is great but finishing inside is key to controlling foreign particles from blowing into your product. Use common sense and you'll see its easy . I love the fire though guys its homey I want a property with a mini sugar shack to continue my hobby further

I can't help but imagine that it would be much easier to identify a maple tree by waiting until its leaves come in. Kind of an unmistakable appearance

Holy crap that's a cool forest where do you live? I'm in southern California the nature here sucks unless you live out of the city I live in the valley it's ok but I'm more of an outdoors guy but unless I move out can't get anywhere out

I never seen a coffee pot that you put two grounds in the bottom

You can just put a wooden spoon on the rims of the cup and it will stop from boiling over aka life hack :)

What type of coffee pot is that?

Doing the dishes after this must be hellish

When the taffy foamed, I wanted to add coffee and milk and make an espresso out of it.

when i tried it, it started to get really frothy and almost boil over, and temp went to the target temp in seconds, i tasted it and it was starting to get grainy and very very sticky, i figured it was done

if you are psychic you can use the impurities on the surface for scrying

you can get more fire wood while you wait

Appreciate the detail and clarity of your videos! Arthur Haines avoids plastic when collecting sap, since all plastics will transfer synthetic chemicals to whatever food or drink comes into contact with them. He makes his own spiles from the branches of some tree or shrub that has only a soft pith inside. You and your viewers may enjoy checking out his videos. He also has a primitive living skills school, and has written books, including 'Ancestral Plants' on the use of wild plants.

6:00 satisfying

The benefits of being a Canadian

Do you sell and ship your product?

Nice job, but next time, you should use a small block of wood to press the snow into a mold for more uniform shapes!

How long can you keep the syrup in the fridge for once it's completed

How long will real Maple Syrup keep fer? I have some since 2011 in one of those glass bottles shaped like a leaf. Dispalyed, sitting on a window sill x 3 years. Afraid to drink it.

🤝👍👍👍😘

I would have never imagine these trees could produce so much, it is almost running! Is the collecting of water damaging to the trees?

Never seen a black or red squirrel before 😱 we only get grey ones

You may pull syrup.

Comfy as f*ck. Hail from Scania.

now i can move to canada lol

I'll never again complain about how expensive maple syrup is.

*i wanna drink it straight from the tree-* (Ive never tried maple syrup 😔)

hi

can we drink maple sap?

I never knew squirrels could have black fur😂

1 to 11/2 to drill your holes

You sound like Mr.nightmare :c

At 16:35, who where's a '80's Metallica bracelet?

cork da holes

your trying to keep sunlight off the maple syrup/water in the jugs by using a BLACK plastic bag? By doing that your collecting more heat

AIN'T 🅿️RIMITIVE ENOUGH 👌😤😤

Yeah id prob just drink the water as is lol

BLACK SQUIRREL?!?! 2:37