The sight of a steady drip of sap brought elation to Paula Babel as she lifted a metal bucket hanging off a spile in a sugar maple tree that she calls the “queen of trees.” She poured the crystal ...
UNDERHILL — In 2025, University of Vermont’s Extension Maple Program was awarded a grant ($199,942) from the Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships to establish lab testing and educational outreach ...
Their seasonal business is weather dependent — warmer weather leads to more maple sap flowing out and an increase in sales of the equipment vital to its collection and transformation into syrup.