Posted in Events, In Backyards, In the Kitchen, We'd Tap That! on Mar 24th, 2010
The culmination of our pilot program, We’d Tap That!, was an amazing day of fun, music, sap, and syrup! Held at Dufferin Grove Park Sunday March 14th, hundreds of folks came out for a taste of Toronto’s own Norway Maple syrup. Participants were invited to taste the original sap, and compare it to the final [...]
Posted in We'd Tap That! on Mar 20th, 2010
This year, we at Not Far From The Tree began our harvesting season much earlier than usual. We started with a winter season crop – maple syrup! It was a first for us and therefore most of our effort this year was put into working through the logistics. The pilot program has gone from start [...]
Posted in Field Trip, In Backyards, We'd Tap That! on Mar 13th, 2010
Norway Maple tree tapping is underway! Last Thursday March 4th, our first official tree was tapped at the home of some very enthusiastic tree owners, and I was lucky enough to tag along. Val and Heather, two of We’d Tap That’s very competent and knowledgeable volunteers coordinated the evening’s tap. Prior to our expedition the [...]
Posted in In Backyards, We'd Tap That! on Mar 8th, 2010
With the beautiful, spring-like weather we’ve been experiencing lately, there’s no mistake that maple syrup season is upon us. It takes warm days and cold nights like this to get the sap flowing. The warmth of the sun helps draw the sap up the trunk, invigorating the tree with new energy for bud growth and [...]
Posted in In Backyards, We'd Tap That! on Feb 22nd, 2010
Not Far From The Tree’s latest endeavour is one that has taken a great deal of research, care, and attention to embark upon. The seed for maple syrup tapping in the city was planted about a year ago when I spotted a neighbour’s tree that had been tapped. This led me to find out about [...]
Posted in Events, In Backyards, We'd Tap That! on Jan 28th, 2010
Think the urban forest can only feed us in the summer time? Think again! Not From From The Tree is pleased to announce a new project we’re launching this winter: We’d Tap That! Syrup in the City While many of us know that maple syrup can come from rural sugar maple forests, it’s also true [...]
