Maple Harvest Farm

02/23/2019

We are going to be suspending our operation for at least this year. Will let you know next year what happens.

06/21/2018

Looks like they are starting to use some common sense. There is NO ADDED sugar in maple syrup.

https://www.themaplenews.com/story/fda-backtracks-on-
added-sugar-label-for-maple-syrup/208/

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reconsidering its plan to label pure maple syrup as containing “added sugars.” More than 3,000 comments were made on the FDA’s website as t...

02/19/2018

Got all our taps in yesterday, now we wait and see if it runs again.

12/18/2017

Experimented with maple jelly this weekend and it turned out great. It will definately be a new product for next year.

10/04/2017

Today will be our last vending event of the year. We've always had a nice day for the farmer's market at Allegheny College but today might not be. Hope it all goes well.

09/23/2017

Our maple farm was on the NWPA state tour yesterday morning. We had 40+ people stop by on a tour bus to check out our operation. Got several comments that it was a nice place and a nice presentation (from Jason) and delicious maple fudge and maple cookies (from Trisha.)

08/02/2017

We will be vending at the NWREC annual picnic/meeting this Sat.

07/01/2017

03/30/2017

Hard to believe it's not even the end of March yet and the season is over. Already started cleaning the equipment. Next year we plan on being ready for the January extra runs. Before we worried about the tapholes drying out if it was a long season but after this year it's worth taking the chance.

03/12/2017

This long cold snap is recharging the trees! We also took the opportunity to clean the pans and repair the lines afterall that wind. Looking forward to the next thaw!

03/08/2017

Seasons still going but it looks like some of the Red Maples have budded. The weather looks promising next week. Sap is still only 1% sugar which translates into roughly 83 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup. If it keeps running we'll keep boiling!