I was talking to a woman who works at Science Central, another locally-minded person, and she recommends the sugarbush for those who would like to volunteer at a real maple syrup farm (chopping wood, collecting sap, carrying said wood, etc). It sounds like an amazing opportunity for those with older children (Kindergarten, or so). Also, you can purchase maple syrup there as well. By the way, has anyone ever been to the Christmas tree farm on St. Joe Rd.? It is also a maple syrup farm, but everytime I've gone to get information there they are closed. Has anyone been there and if so, could you please give us the information you have?
Here's the link for more info on the sugarbush:
http://www.goshen.edu/merrylea/sugar/MAPLE.HTM
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Yippee! I can think of a little person who would love that!
Now here's irony! This morning over pancakes, my little guy asked when we were going to get some "real" syrup. I told him when the "sugar bush is running full of sap next month." He wanted to know what that meant. We talked about what a sugar bush was and when sap would be running. And then I remembered reading about the Merry Lea site last year in the paper, so tonight online I googled it and the second listing is your blog!
Karen
The Sugarbush is a really neat place. Very educational. They even have some sirens that they blow when they have a lot of steam going. I can hear it at my house.
Barb
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