From buying equipment to tapping your own trees to boiling the sap, this is the classic, best-selling guide to making maple syrup.
This little book swept maple sugarin' buffs off their feet when it first appeared and is still the top-selling guide to the craft after nearly 30 years in print. Like the previous editions, this one tells you how you can make maple syrup right in your own backyard without having to build a sap house or buy buckets, holding tanks, evaporators and other expensive paraphernalia. Provides detailed "how-to" information, and makes some new and noteworthy revelations-including tips sugarers across the country have shared with the author. 60 black & white photographs, 6 line illustrations
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49 of 51 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book has an overarching philosophy - keep it simple and keep it cheap! The authors describe everything you need to know and stress not having to pay for anything you can get for free. This quest for free stuff that works well is one of the pleasures of hobby sugaring. Well written descriptions of all the processes. Lots of photos. Reading it makes you wish the sap would start flowing NOW! Highly recommended
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the do-it-yourself book that got me started on that sweet rite of spring -- making my own maple syrup. The author's emphasis is on how to do it efficiently and very cheaply, using easy-to-find materials you can scrounge yourself. If you have the trees to tap, by all means get this book! (Hint: they don't have to be the sugar maple species. Try other maples as well. I get great syrup from box elders, which I considered "trash trees" until I learned they are in the maple family. Now I treasure them like gold.)
My own sugaring set-up is total simplicity: just some old refrigerator grates set on top of cinder blocks, heated with odd scraps of wood that fell from trees in our woods, or that others have thrown away at construction sites, etc. (Much better than having those go in the landfill!) The sap is boiled down in flat baking pans, then finished off on the stove inside. Except for the initial expense to buy some professional spiles for tapping (you can make those, too, but I'm a failure as a tinsmith) and the propane it takes to finish a batch, I have spent ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for the 3-4 gallons of syrup we make each year. Not a bad return for a book that I cost me less than ten bucks!
My own sugaring set-up is total simplicity: just some old refrigerator grates set on top of cinder blocks, heated with odd scraps of wood that fell from trees in our woods, or that others have thrown away at construction sites, etc. (Much better than having those go in the landfill!) The sap is boiled down in flat baking pans, then finished off on the stove inside. Except for the initial expense to buy some professional spiles for tapping (you can make those, too, but I'm a failure as a tinsmith) and the propane it takes to finish a batch, I have spent ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for the 3-4 gallons of syrup we make each year. Not a bad return for a book that I cost me less than ten bucks!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I remember fondly the early Michigan spring from my childhood, helping my father collect sap. This more than anything fueled my desire to make my own syrup. This book, Rink Mann's "Backyard Sugarin'" is an excellent book to get you off without breaking your back or your bank account. The author has a delightful writing style that is thoroughly engrossing. The book is well illustrated, full of ideas and rock solid on exactly when, how and what to tap, and exactly how to process all that sap. I highly recomend this book. Even if you don't live in sugar country you will enjoy this book.
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backyard sugarin
this is a great book even if your not a beginner talks very plain and simple takes you from a to z you'll be sugarin in no time
Published 4 months ago by Kenneth D. Filipiak
Very Easy
Very easy and fun to read, Rink Minn as written and updated the step by step process of producing maple syrup. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mark L
The best book for maple sugaring
This year was our first year maple sugaring and this book is the best. Filled with all the information you need to get started and beyond. Read more
Published 14 months ago by C. Schmidt
Highly Recommend!!!
We are interested in becoming more self sufficient and living in NH maple sugaring is a must! We have no equipment, no trees on our property and little $$ to spend but this book... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Lizzie-Tish
Great Help for Sugarin Novice
This entertaining read was exactly what I was looking for as I prepare to tap some of the sugar maples on my land for the first time. Read more
Published 18 months ago by homeschool science teacher
Easy to follow instructions
Quick reading, but thorough. I've read it over & over. this will be our first year to use all we've learned. This was recommended by a friend.
Published 19 months ago by BNB
Learn to Make Maple Syrup at Home
By far the best book for the novice maple syrup maker. If you have never been involved in making maple syrup, but want to try it, this book is for you. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Shirley
Great well written book
I enjoyed this book from the start to the finish. Well written and easy to read. Written in a simplistic approach and very easily understood.
Published on March 31, 2010 by Tony
Simple and to the point!
This is a perfect book for someone with no background in sugaring. It emphasizes low cost approaches to the hobby rather than the collection of expensive equipment. Read more
Published on March 28, 2010 by Working Man
A START
I bought this book just after the 2009 maple sugaring season. I am interested in running small batches of maple syrup this coming season. Read more
Published on April 25, 2009 by Bruce Graham
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