WOODS & PIPELINE

Woods & Pipeline    Storage Room   Evaporator Room   Grading Maple Syrup

Before the season even begins, we work in the sugarwoods for many weeks. There are fallen limbs or animal damage to the pipelines, or more lines to be added.

In Vermont, Maple syrup is produced at the end of the winter. Sugaring time starts around the beginning of March. When the nights are clear and cold (below freezing) and the days are warm and sunny (above freezing), the sap will run from the trees. When weather patterns are forecasted for sugaring, trees are tapped. We collect this sap and boil it to make sweet maple syrup.

At the Carman Brook Farm (CBF) we use a vacuum system to help draw the sap into the sugarhouse. The three vacuum pumps and storage tanks are in the woods. One set is behind the barn, one about a half mile away and the third is a mile away. The lines are checked regularly throughout the season for damage.

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