Tag Archives: maple syrup
My Neighbor's Maple Syrup Sugar Shack
There’s a family I know in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia that has made maple syrup for over a century. As they are now short-handed of youngsters leaving for city work and the retainers get older and frailer, I … Continue reading
Girdling the Maple
Consider the consequences if your largest blood vessels were coursing under surface of the skin instead of deep inside the body. I know it’s hard to imagine. But if the aorta ran the length of your back, branching out to … Continue reading
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Tagged Japanese maple tree, maple syrup, tree girdling, woodpecker, yellow-bellied sapsucker
