MAPLE SUGARING WORKSHOP
Backyard Maple Sugaring Workshop
How to Make
Your Own Maple Syrup!
Thursday March 4, 2010
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Richards Free Library
58 North Main Street (Route 10) Newport, NH
Have you thought about making your own maple syrup? Do you want to know what is needed and learn how to do it? Attend this workshop if you do; it will cover all the steps from the tree to the table, as well as the equipment needed. This special workshop is geared to first-time and beginner
maplers
having less than 75 taps. All aspects of maple sugaring will be covered, including tree identification, tapping, and collecting, boiling sap, and finishing, filtering, and packing syrup. Equipment and supplies needed, especially sizing and operating small evaporators, homemade and commercial, will also be discussed.
This workshop is FREE of charge, but pre-registration is requested. To register or for more information please contact Chuck Hersey, Sullivan County Extension Educator, Forest Resources, at 603-863-9200 or via email at
chuck.hersey@unh.edu
UNH Cooperative Extension programs and policies are consistent with pertinent Federal and State laws and regulations, and prohibits discrimination in its programs, activities and employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran's, marital or family status. College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, County Governments, NH Dept. of Resources and Economic Development, Division of Forests and Lands, NH Fish and Game, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cooperating.
