permaculture

["michael snow" <msnow@mountainschool.org>]

Do you have birches?  How about birch syrup?  While maples make pretty damn
good syrup, you can boil birch sap, too.  I think the conversion rate is
about 100 gallons sap to 1 gallon syrup.  For maples it's 40:1, depending.

If it's of interest, we had a pretty small year here in Vershire, Vermont.
We had a short season (though we haven't taken the buckets down, you never
know...)  We tapped more trees than usual (800 taps) and have made about 100
gallons.  This is just a so so number.

Mike Snow



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "L.Santoyo Designs" <santoyo@earthflow.com>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:09 AM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] alternatives to maple syrup


> A quick yahoo search for organic maple syrup yields several mail
> order sites offering good prices- such as $5 for a 16 oz bottle.
> Surely supporting a sustainable, wholesome tree crop is worth this
> amount?
>
> Kathryn Santoyo
>
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> >I have a shop full of canes, fruit trees, strawberry plants, etc.
> >Just getting the
> >ground ready for planting.
> >
> >I'm trying to wean my kids off of the chemicals without breaking the
bank.
> >
> >I have found a source for organic sugars.  I'm thinking I could warm
> >up some water and
> >sugar and add a little _________ to make something that the kids
> >would like to put on
> >pancakes.
> >
> >I bought a couple of small bottles of real maple syrup at $7 per
> >bottle.  Each bottle
> >would last one meal.  Just looking for an alternative.
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