What did you learn today? We went to a Maple Syrup Festival and we learned that Maple Sap flows about 3 weeks out of the year. We learned that the temp of the air affects the flow of sap. We learned that the perfect temp for sap is 40's during the day and below freezing at night.
Here's what Maple Sap looks like...
We got to taste it as it came out of the tree...it tasted like water with the tiniest hint of sugar in it.
They told us that it takes 40 gallons of Maple sap to make 1 gallon of Maple Syrup--no wonder it's $65 per gallon!
It's a very long process to heat the sap and evaporate the water out of it. Some of the major collectors have lines running from the trees to a collection place so they don't have to collect buckets, etc.
We went to Fenner Nature Center to the Maple Syrup Festival with Jenny's Girl Scout troop. She has 9 girls right now and 5 were able to make it...
So far they are all liking the meeting and the outings. We had a fun day and we really learned a lot about making Maple Syrup. We did get to try a drop of real Maple Syrup. My girls did not like it since we are pretty used to lite!!
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