Family tradition lives on Making maple syrup THATCHER DREMSA pours maple sap into a bucket while his syrup-making partner Atleigh Transø holds the lid Sunday afternoon in rural Mt. Zion.
MT. ZION - The days are getting longer, the nights are smelling fresh and green and if you listen closely enough you might be able to hear the drip drop of sap falling into buckets across the hills and valleys.
Late February into early March is easily one of the most favorite times for many. Spring is just around the corner and the sap begins to run.
Making maple syrup is a time honored tradition passed down from generation to generation in many families. But also something easily enough picked up by intrepid homesteaders and back yard farmers in the city alike.