Darn these white males and their supremacy, syrupy ways!đ
Good for him! Way to go!
I love the stuff but ate enough then to be sick of it for quite a while.
I knew some folks who did this as a side gig. It was the closest thing to free money I’ve ever seen.
The sugar shack was heated with wood from their land, The trees they tapped were actually their neighbors. It was time consuming but their only actual cost was bottles and labels
Probably just a matter of time before some government alphabet agency shuts him down for unspecified reasons.
When I was 16, I was way more interested in tapping something else, other than trees.
Anyone in agriculture is the ultimate entrepreneur. This kid has already learned more about the real world and business than he would learn at Harvard Business School
Does he pay royalties for the use of trees on his grandfather’s and neighbors’ lands?
A gallon of corn syrup with a little maple flavoring added just isnât quite the same thing. :)
Maple syrup - my favorite of all the tree vegetables!
Funny. I loved maple syrup, and that was all we served on Sunday morning pancakes with the kids. Until my son had Log Cabin syrup at a friendâs house. That was all he wanted afterwards
Dad needs to study up.
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Heâs trapping trees?
What does he use for bait.....Charlie Brownâs kites?
How long until some Leftist air head with a degree in Poli Sci and a sinecure job with the Wisconsin state shuts him down for causing pain to the trees?
Many cheese-eaters here in WI make maple syrup. Sugar Maple is our state tree.
It is less common to do it for money - bravo young kid! It is harder work than most realize. Sap only flows heavy when nights are cold and days are warm only during part of springtime. It’s a very short season. And you need roughly 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup.
My son does it on our property small scale for family and friends, not for money.
The Sugar Maple trees are great dead too, fine hard wood.
Watch this Movie(kinda Similar):
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