I really want maple trees on whatever land I buy.

AppleBear

I want to make my own syrup.  

 

CheshireGrin

I planted a maple tree in front of the house where I lived with my XH. Oddly enough, that little tree was the only thing about that house that I was sad to leave. I still think about it sometimes.

sydney2002

We used to live in CT and I don't know if it's true, but I was told that even CT is too far south to get good sap from the trees. They said that you need to be in Vermont or NH and on up to Maine and Canada for the trees to produce the good stuff. I was so disappointed. Now I'm in VA where we can have maples, but not even a prayer for the good sap. I'm with you. I'd love to make my own syrup. I'd be so damn proud of it, I wouldn't want to use it. 

broccolitree

I'm from upstate ny, and it was a class project when I was in 5th? Grade to make maple syrup from sap. It takes an ungodly long time and once you get close it is very easy to burn. It's also a ridiculous ratio... if you want a gallon of syrup you need 60 gallons of sap. I would not make it again if you paid me, heh.

papie

I never tried making any, but like broccoli said, I always thought you need tons of trees to make even a pint of syrup.  Hence why it is so expensive.  

I wonder if any of my maples are sugar maples.  I suck at identifying trees, lol.   

AppleBear

I was reading about it last night.  You need a location, not in a house, to make the syrup because the boiling of sap causes surfaces to get sticky so I would have to somehow do it somewhere that wasn't in my home. 

As far as I read, you can be a hobby syrup maker.  There's a farm near us that makes syrup (southern CT).