The sugar house had steam coming out of the top. That is the water being boiled out of the sap. Sap is a whole bunch of water and a little bit of sugar.
We road the horse drawn hay wagon up to the sugar bush.
We needed tools to tap a tree.
First, we measured to make sure the tree was big enough to tap. You need a tree at least 36 inches around. This means if a child hugs the tree, his hands should not be able to touch.
We used a hand drill to make our hole--that's the old-fashioned way.
After tapping in the spout with a hammer, we hung the bucket.
Next, we put the "hat" on to keep out rain water because sap already has a lot of water. We heard the sap drops going into the bucket right away.
We went to the buckets in the bush and collected sap into white collection buckets.
Back at the sugar house, we got to look at the big tank that collects the sap from trees with tubes.
Matt made sure to show us the fire under the evaporator.
They go through a lot of wood.
They go through a lot of wood.
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