Well folks, we’ve heard the peepers and the call of spring and sunshine! It’s safe to say that the 2023 maple season has come to an end in these parts so it’s time to share our stats as well as our slideshow.

We boiled 6,000 gallons of syrup this year from 437,000 gallons of sap collected, which is more than we did each of the past two years. This winter was definitely different, with much less snow. Secondly, unlike the last two years, there was sap flow in February, allowing us to have our first boil earlier in the year.

It’s a good thing the season is over because we had some crazy winds here over the past two weekends that caused dozens of trees to fall on our properties as well as a loss of power. We’ll have some cleanup to do this spring along with untapping the trees so they can heal for next season.

If you’d like to see a slideshow of this season, check out the video below.

Russells BBQ has been busy creating new sauces and one of those just happens to use our maple syrup. Introducing “Pymatuning Gold”, a spicy maple mustard sauce that leaves you wanting more! We grabbed ourselves some of this sauce as soon as it was available so you can now order it from our website here.

Even though we missed the January and early February runs we’ve already made as much syrup as last year! With relatively fresh tap holes only 20-30 days old, we’re ready for some big runs later this week. Mother Nature gave us a bit of a rest this weekend along with the next couple days, but we’re expecting 50,000+ gallons of sap Thursday/Friday and much more next week. Production has been smooth with the exception of a vacuum pump failure/replacement last weekend, we’ll detail that more in a future post. Lots of bottled gallons last week as we transition from boiling amber to dark