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Guides
Backyard maple syrup, from first tap to last jarcarol, CC BY-SA 3.0
How to tap a maple treeJomegat, CC BY-SA 4.0
What temperature makes maple sap run?Frédéric Wagner, CC BY 3.0
How long can maple sap sit before you boil it?Pierre Ouimet, CC BY 3.0
When to stop collecting sap and pull your tapsCephas, CC BY-SA 3.0
Maple syrup grades, from golden to very darkDrust387, CC BY-SA 4.0
Why is my maple syrup cloudy?elPadawan, CC BY-SA 2.0
How to filter maple syrupelPadawan, CC BY-SA 2.0
How to use a maple syrup hydrometerBrandon O’Connor, USDA NRCS, Public domain (USDA)
How to finish maple syrup without a hydrometerJane Cooper, EPA Documerica (US National Archives), Public domain (US EPA)
How to bottle maple syrupDvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0
Mold, crystals and fizzy syrup: what went wrong in the jarLadyDragonflyCC, CC BY 2.0
How to boil maple sap at homeRonald C. Yochum, Jr., CC BY-SA 2.5
What size evaporator do you need?Genevieve Martineau, CC BY-SA 4.0
DIY maple evaporator: cinder-block arch, barrel stove and pansKeith Joslin, CC BY 2.0
How much wood (or propane) does maple syrup take?amandabanana87, CC BY 2.0
Reverse osmosis for backyard maple syrupBrandon O’Connor, USDA NRCS, Public domain (USDA)
Maple syrup off-flavors: buddy, metabolism, scorched, sour and moreelPadawan, CC BY-SA 2.0
Buckets, bags or tubing: which sap collection system?Juliancolton, Public domain
3/16-inch tubing: natural vacuum without a pumpBrandon O’Connor, USDA NRCS, Public domain (USDA)
Why new spouts make more syrup: sanitation for tubing and bucketsBrandon O’Connor, USDA NRCS, Public domain (USDA)
Does tapping hurt maple trees?Perry Quan, CC BY-SA 2.0
How many taps per maple tree? Every guideline, side by sideRoss Dunn, CC BY-SA 2.0
Can you tap maple trees in fall, December or January?DanielPenfield, CC BY-SA 4.0
How to make maple cream (maple butter)Thérèse Ottawa, CC BY-SA 4.0
Maple sugar, molded candy and sugar on snow: the temperaturesDanielPenfield, CC BY-SA 4.0
Birch syrup: tapping birch trees and why the ratio is so highМикола Василечко, CC BY-SA 4.0
Walnut syrup: tapping black walnut for syrupRyan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0
Is making maple syrup worth it? Costs, yields and pricesMichel Rathwell, CC BY 2.0
How to clean maple syrup pans, buckets and tubingAno Lobb, CC BY 2.0
Trees
- Sugar maple (bark): Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sugar maple (buds): Tgalos90, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sugar maple (leaf): Gilles Ayotte (Université Laval botanical collection), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sugar maple (tree): Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Red maple (bark): Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Red maple (buds): Tgalos90, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Red maple (leaf): Bmerva, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Red maple (tree): Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Silver maple (bark): Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Silver maple (buds): Dimitar Naydenov (Димитър Найденов), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Silver maple (leaf): Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Silver maple (tree): AnRo0002, CC0 1.0
- Black maple (bark): Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Black maple (leaf): Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Black maple (tree): Daderot, CC0 1.0
- Norway maple (bark): Wilhelm Zimmerling PAR, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Norway maple (buds): MurielBendel, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Norway maple (leaf): Gilles Ayotte (Université Laval botanical collection), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Norway maple (tree): Włodzimierz Wysocki, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Boxelder (buds): DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Boxelder (bark): Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Boxelder (leaf): Gorbunova M.S. (Горбунова М.С.), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paper birch (bark): Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paper birch (bark): Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paper birch (leaf): Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paper birch (tree): Wing-Chi Poon, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Black walnut (bark): Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Black walnut (buds): DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Black walnut (leaf): Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Black walnut (tree): Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0