Syrup Season | Maple & Walnut Harvesting

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3 ай бұрын

Join us on our homestead adventure as we delve into the timeless tradition of tapping trees for syrup! In this video, we'll take you through our process of harvesting maple and black walnut sap, sharing tips and insights along the way. From selecting the perfect trees to boiling down the sap, we'll show you how we turn nature's bounty into sweet, golden syrup. Whether you're a seasoned homesteader or just curious about the process, come along with us on this syrup-making journey!
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@1870s 3 ай бұрын

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@wendykidd1663 3 ай бұрын

I have black walnut trees. Had no idea you could make syrup with their sap. Thanks so much for sharing!!

@brianczuhai8909 3 ай бұрын

Hey, back to tapping. Black walnut is delicious. Keep it separate. Try that on ice cream. Yum! Plus, 2 taps on the tree. You are identical to how I did it. I still have syrup from years ago. I used to get 10 gals of sap per day out of one sugar maple tree. Keeping it on the porch is probably cold enough. Don't ever think about boiling all the sap down inside the house.

@jade-d314 3 ай бұрын

I love you guys. You're living my dream (city girl down here in Detroit)!

@wordvendor1 3 ай бұрын

I'm making maple ice cream for the Superbowl! Just in time 😊 Go Chiefs!!!

@YoungbloodFamilyFarm 3 ай бұрын

Glad to see you guys are still making syrup!

@1870s 3 ай бұрын

we do it every other year usually.

@caravanmassennhoven4004 3 ай бұрын

I've been tapping a couple maple trees on my street. We dont have options of other types. The first year I had 4 pints finished syrup. About 8 pints the second year. Last year I managed 16 pints!! I was hoping for more this year. But our tapping weather here in SW Ontario hasn't been terrific. Our trees gave barely had enough good cold for a healthy dormant period. I was a little worried about placing taps in them. But if I don't I won't get any so we will see. Be well from Canada 🇨🇦

@db33400 3 ай бұрын

This is so awesome to see. I remember reading about tree tapping way back in grade school and have always wanted to go to Vermont to see it. Didn't think about it being done in Michigan. AND didn't think about it being thin like water. I really don't know what I ever thought about it being like. Thanks so much for sharing. God's blessings.....🥰🥰🥰

@kgs2127 3 ай бұрын

In Michigan also. I will add a few things I have tried over the years (doing it hobby style as a fun thing to do with my nature loving Granddaughter). You don't have to get really fancy with equipment. The big water jugs (rectangle shape 2.5 gallons I think) make excellent sap collectors and keeps the ants out. We used Staghorn Sumac bush/tree branch pieces for our first taps, they have a soft pith in the center and are really easy to hollow out (Im sure there are other species of bushes with those properties). I used a piece of thin wall metal rod from an old garden shelf because it was the right diameter to fit the medical tubing I picked up for free somewhere (still in sterile packaging) cut to about 4" with hacksaw. I accidentally made maple vinegar by doing the concentrate trick and not getting it all the way boiled down soon enough (so freezing your concentrate until ready is probably a better idea), it was a happy accident but reduced my syrup haul that year🙃 It has been my experience that the first sap is more sugar laden and takes less sap to produce syrup. 5 gallons of sap will net you a nice pint, or slightly more in first run of sap, of syrup so why not try it?!

@kgs2127 3 ай бұрын

Never boil it off in the house, you will regret it, ask me how I know😁

@AprilSeamand-xe8ug 3 ай бұрын

Oh, have you tried using sap in place of water in your coffee maker? It's really good. Plus, check out all the medicinal aspects of sap itself.

@huzchris 3 ай бұрын

LUCKY!!! Wish I could grow Maple trees here in the desert!

@ramonajolley1966 3 ай бұрын

This is so cool!!! Across the street, they only have pecan trees. It's so sad that they will be cut down soon. That property has the oldest trees around here that I have seen.

@cynthiafisher9907 3 ай бұрын

Oh, how sad!

@ErinOBrien-io9qm 3 ай бұрын

Walnut sounds amazing. I wish I had walnuts! But we do have maples and we are boiling as I type. Our evaporator isn't fancy- just a pile of cinderblocks with a stack, but we are just going to have fun with it our first season.

@AprilSeamand-xe8ug 3 ай бұрын

We do around 100 maples on our property. I wish we had some walnuts!

@ht6684 3 ай бұрын

I'm taking this year off (unless I really just get the itch). I'm in town but I have a massive tree and then the neighbors let me do theirs as well. So 4 trees. Last year I got 2 gallons and its so yummy. You really can tap all around it, I've had it run best on the west and north side of some trees. Try leaving it out to freeze and remove all the ice each day. You can reduce it by half sometimes just by removing ice.

@cynthiafisher9907 3 ай бұрын

What a great idea!

@ht6684 3 ай бұрын

@@cynthiafisher9907 last year I put it in big totes and would pull out almost half of it on really cold mornings, its so helpful at reducing.

@cynthiafisher9907 3 ай бұрын

@@ht6684 Genius!

@Tammy-td5ok 3 ай бұрын

We have been blessed having 2 very large butternut trees which produce a lot of sap, making the syrup flavour of Butterscotch and we have walnut and maple trees as well. And it's funny that you mention the 2 maples on either side of the driveway, our home was built in 1888 and where the horse and buggy would have come to the front , there is 2 maples on either side. Very interesting Rachel, I always thought it was a coincidence. Many years ago in the late winter/early spring time Indians would collect the sap and warm it to drink and use it as their cleansing to flush out their bodies of the winter foods they consumed to stay healthy for the cold. Summer diet and winter diets were different for their livelihood, so this sap ritual was their 'spring cleaning' LOL

@vonniemerriam974 3 ай бұрын

My village just cut down my favorite maple tree to tap last year. Gonna have to spread out in the neighborhood and see who will let me tap.

@kittyrichards9915 3 ай бұрын

Our maples are tapped here in Northern Indiana.

@sugarshell1973 3 ай бұрын

Learn something new everyday. I never knew you could tap a walnut tree. That is great news. We just bought another property in the U.P. Michigan and it has a black walnut tree. So this is great news, nuts and sap for us and nuts for the squirrels. Thanx guys

@juliekingston3525 3 ай бұрын

Save some of your boiled down sap (not finished to syrup) to can your peaches, pears or apples. Use the sap like a simple syrup, it's delicious!

@jeffriffel4364 3 ай бұрын

I would absolutely love to do this.

@smas3256 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. So sweet of you to share;). Would love to see your method to make the syrup.

@normalizedaudio2481 3 ай бұрын

This is a lot of fun to try.

@bjagfan9452 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, I hadn’t thought about black walnut trees.

@brianczuhai8909 3 ай бұрын

At the 6:50 mark, just pull the tap out; then wrap the tap with Teflon tape to enlarge the diameter to seal any tap leaks you have going into the tree. I use pieces of threaded table lamp rods for my taps. Leaks are common.

@ChrisEdwards357 3 ай бұрын

I find that if I drill the hole, and then drill again, I tend to get leaking taps. I am guessing the hole is not perfectly round. However, if I drill in and then out in one smooth motion, it seems to seal better. I also found that it leaks if I tap them in too far. I had 20-30 leaky taps last year. By smooth drilling and lightly tapping, I only have 2 leaking this year (out of 100).

@brianczuhai8909 3 ай бұрын

@@ChrisEdwards357 It happens. My threaded rod allows me to put on a rubber washer and nut. You learn some tricks. Teflon tape was quick clean and easy. Gorilla glue expands when wet. That might work too.

@a3skywarrior929 3 ай бұрын

Our treesbare really young...not many trees around farmland. Hoping to get some from my Navy buddy in upstate NY

@milliethemillinator3154 3 ай бұрын

Wow, mild winter day! What a blessing!

@pjk1714 3 ай бұрын

Not expecting a great harvest here in Canada with the warmer fall/winter. Looking forward to seeing your process.

@thegardnersgarden 3 ай бұрын

Love watching this process.

@melissavisconti89 3 ай бұрын

Hmm now I want to go tap my silver maples. I went to a demo on tapping last yr in the park here in Pa the guy was so stuck on "you have to do sugar maple don't waste time on others" but.. now I see the other side and wanna tap my silvers anyways 😁

@kittychronister3537 3 ай бұрын

This is interesting. I’ve never seen it done before.

@connieparker8896 3 ай бұрын

I buy maple syrup from Vermont every year, so delicious, and great ice cream and all kinds of goods

@angelapriddy6308 3 ай бұрын

Wow iv wanted to do that. Didn't know you could do it with them though! Great job❤

@Sherbobbo 3 ай бұрын

Hey there, what’s the channel you all have mentioned in the past that you watch regarding forest management?

@beckyray8746 3 ай бұрын

When we tapped some sugar trees that was in grandpa’s “sugar camp” , our boil down ratio ended up being 60 gallons of sugar sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. We cooked ours outside in a kettle over a fire to get most of the water evaporated off and finished it off in the kitchen, but even that put so much moisture in the room!

@Tammy-td5ok 3 ай бұрын

We cooked it in the kitchen the first year not knowing that the syrup in the steam would adhere to the walls and cupboards and the light fixtures and curtains, , OH What a Mess. We do it in our wood shed barn area with the door open now

@deborahrutherford5244 3 ай бұрын

I collected sap from 30 maple tree on our 9 acres. Husband is boiling at the moment. You were right freezing at night and warm during the day. Sun shining on the south side works great.

@gardengirl50t30 3 ай бұрын

Just curious. You mentioned your supposed to tap on the south side of the tree. Yet the sun rises in the east🤔

@dmlouer 3 ай бұрын

Sounds wonderful. I'm really allergic to Black Walnut trees but not sure about the syrup. Never tried it.

@tammyshepherd1152 3 ай бұрын

So r u keeping all the sap together!? The black walnut and mable.

@chadthunderjock6520 3 ай бұрын

Have you guy's ever used electroculture in your gardens? It would be great to see what kinds of results you get using it.

@1870s 3 ай бұрын

Never used it

@jessidutton3441 2 ай бұрын

Please tell me how/what do I need to have a collection setup just like yours. PLEASE SHARE YOUR INFO

@marilyncapehart663 3 ай бұрын

How do you know if you have a tree that needs tapping for Syrup 2-18-2024❤

@jessidutton3441 3 ай бұрын

Can you please tell me where you got your spiles, tubing, and buckets? Can you send me the link? I don't know the proper names for your set-up. Please help.😊

@delariegranrud7431 3 ай бұрын

Did you mix the sap from the 2 different kinds of trees?

@andreamorrison8419 3 ай бұрын

How many times can you tap a tree

@MargieBenson-dv9ek 3 ай бұрын

❤

@libbylauderdale1382 3 ай бұрын

Why do you only tap every other year? Is tapping harmful to the trees if it's done every year?

@karmenchristensen9845 3 ай бұрын

Do people drink the sap that’s collected? I’ve seen Birch sap collected and sipped.

@kittyrichards9915 3 ай бұрын

Some people lime it, but I didn't care for the taste st all. Supposed to be healthy.

@Crew4Life 3 ай бұрын

What happened to the weeping willow trees y'all planted?

@1870s 3 ай бұрын

The deer ate them all down to nubs.

@vickierskin-simington9472 3 ай бұрын

Where can we buy the taps for this please?

@1870s 3 ай бұрын

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@ChrisEdwards357 3 ай бұрын

I get mine at Tractor Supply, and they have a nub on the end that you can put the blue hose on to hold it and the lid while you take the bucket and dump it. It holds the hose and the lid off the ground so you don't have to.

@vickierskin-simington9472 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!@@1870s