Maple Sugaring for Beginners Workshop on January 4

How to get started in your own backyard

Press release

The sap will be running soon! Have you thought about making your own maple syrup? Do you know what is needed? “Backyard Maple Sugaring for Beginners” is a free workshop to be held at Boscawen Municipal Complex at 116 North Main Street in Boscawen, on the fourth floor, on Monday, January 4, at 6:30 PM. Attend this workshop if you want to learn the steps, from tree to table, plus the equipment needed.

This special workshop is geared to first-timers and beginner maplers having less than 75 taps. All aspects of maple sugaring will be covered, including tree identification and tapping, collecting and boiling sap, finishing, filtering and packing syrup. Equipment and supplies needed, especially sizing and operating small evaporators, homemade and commercial, will also be discussed by UNH Cooperative Extension Natural Resources Field Specialist Tim Fleury.

The workshop is sponsored by the Boscawen Agricultural Commission. To register, sign up online at bitly.com/UNHMaple or contact Mary West at UNH Cooperative Extension at 796-2151 or mary.west@nullunh.edu.