Getting cards is an incredible way to learn about places, traditions and activities. With this card I've learnt about maple sugaring in New England.
The maple sugaring season is in late winter and early spring when the days are warm but nights chill—perfect conditions for the rising of the sap. It usually lasts four to six weeks. If the winter has been a mild one, the sap may start to run as early as February in southern New England, and may last well into April in northern New England, so the surest time to see sugaring in progress anywhere is March.
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From February to April, farmers in New England drive more than 13 million little pipes called taps into their sugar maple trees' trunks, and hang buckets underneath the taps or attach tubing to them to catch the sap, some of which drips out of the taps as it rises within the tree trunk.
A sugar maple (Acer saccharum) must be at least 40 years old, or about 10 inches (25.4 cm) in diameter to produce useful quantities of sap.
The buckets are collected and brought to the sugar house, a small building containing a cauldron in which the sap is simmered for hours, driving off most of its moisture and reducing it to pure syrup. - in: https://newenglandtravelplanner.com
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