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How to Tap a Sugar Maple

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How to Tap a Sugar Maple Some additional quick facts: 10-20 gallons sap/tree 40-42 gallons sap/gallon syrup Minimum tree diameter is 10″ or a 31″ circumference Tap 5/16″ , 4′ off ground, 15 degree angle,  2″ deep Finished syrup is 66% sugar Syrup is 7 degrees above the boiling point of water.  Boiling temperature changes

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Mission Main Street Grant

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Mission Main Street Grant From this distant vantage point, the honeybee might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it’s different. Consider again that simple bee. That’s your food. That’s your sustenance. From it everyone you love, everyone you have ever known has fed from it’s services. The aggregate of a 40 day

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