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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!
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53 of 55 people found the following review helpful
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
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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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Tioga County is farming country and most farms in these parts used to have a sugar shack. Vermont might get better promotion and produce more, but there's nothing better than Grandma's flapjacks topped with homemade syrup from the farm. If you've a hankering for homemade and want to try making your own, then Backyard Sugarin': A Complete How-To Guide, by Rink Mann will show you how.
This book tells you how you can make maple syrup right in your own back yard without having to build a sap house or buy buckets, holding tanks, and other expensive paraphernalia. Think of it as sugar on a shoestring. The author goes over the basics of selecting your trees, homemade evaporators, the boiling down process and includes tips from small-time sugarers from across the country.
Author of "Hobo Finds A Home" about a barn cat who wanted more out of life and editor "Of A Predatory Heart" outdoor stories that will make you laugh and cry.
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the author had a ton of great ideas. This was my first book about syrup making and I learned a ton!
I was mildly disappointed to find that the bulk of the information was regarding the engineering of an outdoor evaporating system. I know the title Should have been a give-a-way, but I thought that "backyard sugarin'" meant collecting the sap from your own yard.
We are just experimenting with syrup production on a tiny scale for homeschool purposes. I had hoped that we could use the book as a text for learning history, methodology, etc. Unfortunately, this book did not fill that expectation.
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It doesnt matter if never made maple syrup and you are a newbie like me, or you are a pro. These simple techniques will explain to you how and why make excellent maple syrup. Lots and lots of good advice from somebody that really knows the sugarin process in the backyard. This also means that you can make your own syrup without spending a fortune but buying simple little things or reusing everyday use things for the whole process.
Its more of a dialogue of your grandpa teaching you than a guide.
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If you are just getting started in the awesomeness that is maple sugaring; this book is a great introduction.
It will give you general idea on what you'll be getting into and how to do it yourself without spending a fortune on manufactured sugaring equipment (after you've caught the bug you will spend a fortune on manufactured sugaring equipment, trust me).
The author goes to great depths on his descriptions and there are pictures as well (the pictures look better on a color tablet than a black and white kindle).
Having completed a few batches of syrup now, I am happy with the information and techniques contained in this book. Remember, this book is for the hobbyist and an introduction to maple sugaring. If you're a pro it will seem like a kindergarten picture book.
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"Backyard sugaring" used to be a big thing among families here in Vermont and I'm glad Rink Mann wrote this simple and practical book to help get us back to it.
I bought this book 20 years ago with an eye to give sugaring a try since I have plenty of sugar maples here. Mann starts off with good practical advice about selecting the trees to tap (and they're not limited to only sugar maples) and gives a lot of ideas about times, buckets, equipment, and solving problems (ex: frozen sap).
A great portion of the book has a ton of information about making your own sap evaporators from simple parts like cinder blocks and pans all the way up to near-professional oil-fired evaporators made from 50-gallon drums. His instructions are so good there's little that can go wrong. In my first attempt I used the cinder-block-and-pans method, and the instructions are so clear and practical there was little problem in producing my first 10 gallon batch of great maple syrup!
Since then I've graduated to developing a sugar bush (large stands of maple trees) and pooling resources with neighbors who professionally produce and market local maple syrup. All thanks to Rink Mann for the inspiration.
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