spring must be coming

[GrandpaTom]

See what is on the trees.

[mike89]

I wish!!   

[Jerkbiat]

A beer tree would be awesome!!!

[glenn57]

yea bit not a buttweiser tree!!!!!!!!

[KEN W]

yup......spring is here.....my brother is collecting Maple sap to make Maple syrup.

[glenn57]

yup......spring is here.....my brother is collecting Maple sap to make Maple syrup.

yea i seen a few trees in town tapped this week......... some places are saying there about done.  i also learned something new..... you can tap and make syrup from black walnut trees!!!

[KEN W]

Not sure about Black Walnut, but I know you can also tap Box Elder which is a Maple relative.

[Bobberineyes]

Thought the wife's uncle tapped birch at his place. I'm also surprised the neighbors didn't do any tapping of the silver maples this year, he usually has quite the operation.

[roony]

My cousins tapped trees a couple days ago. I think all trees have sugar in the sap, maple is one of the highest though. I use to tap silver maple and boxelder. I wonder what walnut syrup would taste like.

[KEN W]

100 gallons of sap will give you 2.75 gallons of syrup. That's a lot of boiling. My brothers trees average 2.4% sugar. Sap doesn't become syrup until it is 67% or above sugar. A lot of work. Must be why it is expensive.

[glenn57]

My cousins tapped trees a couple days ago. I think all trees have sugar in the sap, maple is one of the highest though. I use to tap silver maple and boxelder. I wonder what walnut syrup would taste like.

from what i read the black walnut, its the color and a bit different flavor. sounds like its more common the further south you go as there are more black walnut trees.

there are black walnuts around here but not many, as i have one so did my parents. this is about as far north as they go.