Posted in Syrup in the City on May 2nd, 2011
We’re delighted to share with you a post by Vivian Reiss, a Toronto artist and blogger who also participated in our Syrup in the City program. Below is Vivian’s story about her experience with sap harvested from her Norway maple tree with Not Far From The Tree. Be sure to check out her website, too! [...]
Posted in In Backyards, Syrup in the City on Mar 8th, 2011
Our Syrup in the City program won’t tap trees two year in a row, allowing tapped trees a full year to direct their energy to healing themselves from tap wounds. Today I walked over to a participating Norway maple tree from last year in order to see how the tap hole had healed up. I [...]
Posted in In Backyards, Syrup in the City on Feb 21st, 2011
On Saturday, Syrup in the City volunteer Mark and I gathered our tapping supplies and ventured out into the urban forest. We had been given the all-clear from our volunteer arborists to tap four trees on three separate properties. Based on past years’ weather conditions, we had decided to begin tapping this weekend, so as [...]
