This month we seemed to jump right from winter into summer, but one sure sign of spring is the arrival of the maple syrup season. Although the sap ran for a shorter time than usual this year, the fam and I experienced an authentic sugar bush adventure last weekend at
McCully's Hill Farm near St. Marys. I got loads of great pics so for this post I'm going to tell the story as a photo blog.
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| Sonny (foreground), Lisa (in yellow) and Fisher (green checkers) in front of McCully's Farm Market |
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| The Lads decided to go on the tour first and have brunch after... |
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| The McCully's Hill Farm Sugar Shack - at full steam! |
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| FYI: 40 buckets of sap for one bucket of syrup! |
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| Head syrup maker Dwight explains the evaporator |
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| A team of massive horses arrive to tour us through the sugar bush |
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| Clipping along beside the sap collectors |
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| Traditional sap collection - taps dripping into buckets |
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| The hollowed out log was the First Nations' method for evaporating sap into syrup |
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| End of the bush tour - time to see the animals in the barn! |
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| Fisher makes friends fast |
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| Our adventure finished off with a beauty pancake brunch in the greenhouse with sausages, baked beans and of course lots of maple syrup!!! |
