Maple Sugarin': A Celebration of Spring

Sugarin' Season 2009 is in full-swing for the year and we've assembled information about this traditional Vermont activity to help you learn about sugarin'.

Learn more about the different grades of 100% pure Vermont maple syrup and view some wonderful Vermont Maple Sugaring Scenes, contributed to Vermont Only's image library by Michael Hardiman. 

Sugarin':Primer in Six Easy Lessons	The Official Vermont Sampler Pack
Just the Facts...	Pure Vermont Maple Syrup
Sugarin': Boiling Tonight?	Grading of Vermont Maple Syrup
Recollections about Sugarin'	Cooking with Maple Syrup
Books on Sugaring	Maple Syrup Recipes
Sugaring Photos	Jones Rule of 86

The 2001 Vermont Quarters were released by the U.S. Mint. They feature a profile of Camel's Hump Mountain and a maple sugaring scene, complete with maple trees and sap buckets.

We leave you with this quote taken from Backyard Sugarin' by Rink Mann:

"....there is something magical about sugarin'...... Maybe it's the time of year -- the warm sun climbing higher into the sky, warming the back after a long winter, turning the snow into piles of white corn, turning the brooks from trickles to torrents, starting the maple sap flowing -- a sort of hint of the spring and summer lying ahead. Maybe it's the drip drip of sap falling into buckets, the telltale aroma of boiling sap or the hissing sound of sap in a rolling boil. Maybe it's simply the magic of converting sweet water, as the Indians used to call it, to delicious golden syrup. But whatever it is, it's there."