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(SOLD OUT) Maple Sugaring

Sun, Mar 17

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142 Sheridan St

Learn how to tap maple trees using carved wooden spiles. We'll make our own spiles, and use a drill to tap a few trees!

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(SOLD OUT) Maple Sugaring
(SOLD OUT) Maple Sugaring

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Mar 17, 2019, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

142 Sheridan St, 142 Sheridan St, Portland, ME 04101, USA

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About the event

Maple syrup, and its more practical, yet harder-to-produce finished form, maple sugar, is native to North America and unique throughout the world, but maple trees are not the only trees that can be tapped for syrup! Indeed, throughout history, around the world, maples, birches, palms, Juglans (walnuts, heartnuts), alders, and more, have been tapped by humans (and squirrels, birds, and other animals) for thousands of years. Trees have been revered by all human cultures around the world (except for the industrialized) and for good reason! Trees are vital to the oxygenation of the planet, and thus the survival of humanity - and most humans around the world used to intrinsically believe that their purpose in life was, in part, to, in turn, care for the trees.

Learn how to tap maple trees for syrup, and the basics of supportive and relational, ecological forestry! We'll cover the basics of tree identification,…

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