The sugar house is where we turn the sap into maple syrup by evaporating the excess water. The sugar house was specially constructed for the evaporation process. The roof has large doors so the steam ...

When early spring rolls around, it's prime time for making maple syrup. So, how do farmers harvest sap and take it from the ...

Sugar shacks are typically small cabins wherein sap is collected from nearby maple trees and boiled into syrup. This particular sugar shack is meant to house the students’ new evaporator for ...

Maple syrup production is not traditionally associated with western states. Most maple syrup in the United States comes from New England, with Vermont being the top-producing state. Through research a ...

Others joined Ray Carver inside the evaporator house to learn how sap is boiled into maple syrup. The third station ... more sweet-smelling but sticky steam toward the roof opening that one ...

When thinking of maple syrup, many people might have the grocery store first come to mind. For some in Mid-Missouri, local maple trees during the months of January through February are first in mind.