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Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley => West Side Youngstown => Topic started by: jay on February 08, 2018, 05:48:40 AM

Title: Tapping Sugar Maple Trees
Post by: jay on February 08, 2018, 05:48:40 AM
Members of the Rocky Ridge Neighborhood Association will tap sugar maple trees this weekend.
Title: Re: Tapping Sugar Maple Trees
Post by: jay on February 11, 2018, 09:18:04 PM
The Rocky Ridge Mill Creek Maple Syrup Project has its own Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/groups/251328882075505 (https://www.facebook.com/groups/251328882075505)
Title: Re: Tapping Sugar Maple Trees - It's Too Hot Today!
Post by: jay on February 20, 2018, 12:06:24 PM
The record setting temperature today (in the 70s) may put an early end to this year's maple syrup production.

When it gets very warm, the sugar maple trees start forming leaves using its own sugary sap.