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Story 283 – Maple Syrup

January 27th, 2010 | 2 Comments

MAPLE SYRUP written by Debbie Williamson I love this time of year. It is the month of March and the season of spring. It is also maple syrup time. My Daddy told my brother, Jeffrey, and I, this morning, at the breakfast table, that the sap is running. After school Jeffrey and I are going to help Daddy tap the trees. I can’t wait! It is going to be a lot of fun! To tap a tree, Daddy takes a hand-drill and makes a hole in the tree about one to two inches deep. The sap drips out of this hole, once he pulls the drill out. Daddy then takes a spile and pushes it into the hole as far as it will go. A clean bucket is placed over the spile so that … Read entire article »

Filed under: Spring Stories

Story 191 – Goes to the Country

January 25th, 2010 | 1 Comment

TRAVELLIN’ RICK GOES TO THE COUNTRY written by Debbie Williamson Hi kids! I sure hope you are enjoying the nice spring weather we are having. I know that I am. Summer is just around the corner, kids! I live in Sharbot Lake and in this adventure I wanted to share with you the beautiful scenery that this part of Ontario has to offer. The first thing that I did, in early spring, was set some buckets out onto my many maple trees. I waited until my buckets were filled to the brim with the clear liquid called sap and then I boiled it over a roaring fire for many hours. The sap slowly turned into maple syrup. It sure tasted good on pancakes! Later on in the spring, I saw the mallard ducks returning from … Read entire article »

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