Brian Cunningham

Start to Finish Maple Syrup Brian Cunningham

This complete guide will give you all of the information you need to make your own maple syrup from the amazing, free sap in your own maple trees. Everything is based on a do it yourself attitude, making the most of simple materials and not over-investing time or money. It doesn't mess around with filler and fluff. This book gets right to the point.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THE BOOK:
- organized tables
- checklists
- clear, sequential instructions for every phase

COMPLETE AND EASY TO FOLLOW INFORMATION:

- A complete materials list
- Details on how to identify maple trees any time of year
- Guidance to determine how many taps you'll need
- Estimating how much firewood you'll need if you boil outside
- Tips to calculate how much sap you might yield
- How to make your own maple taps and collecting jugs
- Plans to build your own evaporator
- Tips for storing sap
- Instructions on how to evaporate the sap and finishing to perfectly delicious syrup
- Bonus ideas for what you can do with leftover sap

Making your own syrup can be as hard or as difficult as you want it to be. You can tap 1 tree or you can tap 1,000 trees. Why not give it a shot!

Ferrin Brook Farm is a family home and nano farming operation in Madison, NH. They raise poultry for eggs and meat and maintain several productive gardens and fruit trees. And of course make maple syrup. Their passion is enjoying quality, healthy, local food.