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Make Your Own Maple Syrup This Year ā€“ Part 3
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March 16, 2021March 16, 2021

Make Your Own Maple Syrup This Year ā€“ Part 3

Maple syrup season is upon us! In parts 1 and 2 of this series we described how to prepare for the season, what equipment youā€™ll need, and how to tap your trees and begin boiling the sap. This post describes the finals stages of boiling and bottling maple syrup. At this stage youā€™ll have collected...

Make Your Own Maple Syrup This Yearā€“Part 2
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February 18, 2021February 18, 2021

Make Your Own Maple Syrup This Yearā€“Part 2

Maple syrup season is just a few weeks away! In part one of this series we described how to prepare for the season and what equipment youā€™ll need, and in this post we describe how to tap your trees and boil the sap. Look out for the final post in a few weeks where we...

Beech Bark Disease: Beautiful But Deadly
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December 23, 2020February 16, 2021

Beech Bark Disease: Beautiful But Deadly

Have you noticed a patchy-red fungus growing on the bark of American beech trees, or tiny white specks stuck to the bark? This is beech bark disease. To look at, it can be beautiful, but in our forests it is deadly. The white specks on the bark are the by-products (aka poop) of the beech...