We awoke to a re-boot of Winter this morning...fresh snow fluff.
"It's a Sugar Snow", yelled one child.
"Well, not exactly", I said.
Once the sap is running and is almost finished - if we have another snow storm after that - almost like a second thaw - THAT may be a sugar snow.
It's the talk of the house after this week's events...
Al McLauchlin, of Rocky Lake Birchworks, SO Kindly came and did a wonderful lesson with two homeschooling families, with combined children of ten, ages 10 to tiny infant.
We started indoors with a power presentation on a laptop, all eight preschool and school aged huddled in our kitchen. Adults over cups of wild harvested mint tea - by the McLauchlans.
Tapping our own trees has been a dream of mine for years.....Several years prior I had purchased a few metal spiles from a Manitoba Conservation office, to tap some trees in our old Winnipeg neighborhood...but life got in the way of that goal.
I spoke with the McLauchlan's when we first moved up here about their farm...And the unique rare Birch Syrup that they produce...exported even to Italy!
Al, generously offered an incredible lesson. Children got to tap three of our six Manitoba Maples, which are now waiting patiently for the sap to run.
Reading Little House in the Big Woods right now, our 10 year old happily reported that she was currently in the chapter about the Sugar Snow - that was timely!
There are twenty-two other types trees that can also be tapped here!
As always, I'm fascinated with wild foods...learning about frequency in foods - maple syrup has a high frequency where as white sugar has a low frequency. Yay, for sweet - high frequency food from my yard.
"It's a Sugar Snow", yelled one child.
"Well, not exactly", I said.
Once the sap is running and is almost finished - if we have another snow storm after that - almost like a second thaw - THAT may be a sugar snow.
It's the talk of the house after this week's events...
We started indoors with a power presentation on a laptop, all eight preschool and school aged huddled in our kitchen. Adults over cups of wild harvested mint tea - by the McLauchlans.
Tapping our own trees has been a dream of mine for years.....Several years prior I had purchased a few metal spiles from a Manitoba Conservation office, to tap some trees in our old Winnipeg neighborhood...but life got in the way of that goal.
I spoke with the McLauchlan's when we first moved up here about their farm...And the unique rare Birch Syrup that they produce...exported even to Italy!
Al, generously offered an incredible lesson. Children got to tap three of our six Manitoba Maples, which are now waiting patiently for the sap to run.
Reading Little House in the Big Woods right now, our 10 year old happily reported that she was currently in the chapter about the Sugar Snow - that was timely!
There are twenty-two other types trees that can also be tapped here!
As always, I'm fascinated with wild foods...learning about frequency in foods - maple syrup has a high frequency where as white sugar has a low frequency. Yay, for sweet - high frequency food from my yard.
.....I'll let you know how it tastes, or you'll just have to come over for a syrup latte or crepe breakfast in a month or so!
Thank-you Al McLauchlan and Rocky Lake Birchworks!
patty-jean
How funny...I just posted a couple blog posts about tree tapping today. :) 'Tis the season! It is a fun process and the kids always enjoy it so much. :) Stay warm!
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