John R Park Homestead

How to make -Maple Syrup

Our trip to John R Park Homestead began with a long bus ride, 

but we made the most of it by singing songs and talking with our friends.  

When we got there we where brought into a building where  we were

shown some of the tools the farmers.  Also it was mentioned to us how the

tree growth process occurs and how sap is collected.

This is the how they would pick up hot rocks to place

in the opened logs.

A hammer to help tap the trees

Here is a hollow branch where the farmers would 

use to tap a tree to get sap from.

Here is the tap the farmers use now.

 This is the sap that comes from the tree before the

 process begins to maple syrup.

 This is how the farmers tap the trees and where the sap is 

collected in the buckets

 An old fashion drill to drill a hole in the tree.

Here is our children giving it a try!  It took a lot 

of coordination to hold it and turn at the same time.

 We moved on to the buckets where the farmers had to 

carry the sap back to the barn.  Our students giving it a try.

 We were told how the farmers had to boil the sap and in 

order for that not to happen they would put a piece of

beef fat to help it to keep from boiling over.

 Moving into the house

 antique dishes and clothes 

 How is maple sugar made?  In the kitchen by a warm

fire listening to the lady talking about how to make 

Maple Syrup!! Yum yum

 sap before boiling process, sap after boiling process, 

maple butter and maple sugar chunks

 Anabiya pouring cream in to the sap to make maple sugar 

chunks before pouring it in to the cast iron mold.

molds to make maple butter and./or sugar 

 sampling the maple sugar mmmm

 Maple sugar chunks

 sugar stack

 maple sugar chunk and molds

 maple butter

sap

 Checking out old toys the children used to play with.  

Wow were they fun to play with!!  

 Having fun with masks

 Trying to pick up a rock 

 We even got our parents into the action.  Thank you

for being good sports!!