Thursday, 24 September 2009

When the Goose Points West

There was a beautiful smell in the air when we arrived at Morse Farm Sugarworks in Montpelier, Vermont. They say that when the goose points west, the sap runs the best.



It was definitely autumn time, plenty of pumpkins and corn.



We went on the self-guided tour and started by watching a dvd in the Woodstack Theatre.



The sugarhouse window.



Sugaring vats - it takes 40 gallons of maple sap to produce 1 gallon of maple syrup.



There are 4 grades of maple syrup from light to dark, produced at different times during the sugaring season.



Maple trees on the maple trail.



Modern sap-collecting - in the old times, each tap had its own bucket. Now, plastic piping is used, allowing sap from up to 300 trees to be collected to a single vessel. Delicious!

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