I can’t say I had a bad maple season, but the end was an anticlimax if there ever was one. I planned to pull my taps on Tuesday, February 24th. In some of my earlier blog posts, I have explained about how I have my sugar bush on my West…
In the latest newsletter, we accidentally omitted an advertisement from one of our loyal members who does so much for the WV Maple Syrup Producers Association, and keeps many of us in good supply of all we need for our operations. Here is his ad, and it will be added…
All the feedback I saw on Facebook indicated that a good time was had by all on February 23. The weather was threatening but it ended up being a pretty nice, though cloudy, day with very mild temperatures in most of the state. There will be another one on March…
On Saturday, February 23, 2019, plan to attend one of the farms and/or businesses given in this blog post on Saturday for a fun experience involving our own Pure West Virginia Maple Syrup! Hope to see you there!
Somehow I missed an email I received a couple weeks ago about these workshops but I don’t think it is too late! Here is the content: Dear Friends of WVSU Extension Service: On April 17th, WVSU Ext. Service will be holding a Farming and Food Manufacturing workshop at the Clendenin…
After a team effort, the newsletter is ready for viewing under the Resources tab. My job was the formatting. The articles were well-written by others: mostly, Mike Rechlin, but also Rich Flanigan, Jeff DeBellis, and Jesse Reese. Meanwhile I think most of you are busy with your sugaring operation. I…
Here’s a fun little thing: go to SapTapApps and you can see your “Flowcaster” which gives an indication as to whether you can expect sap to be running. Right now it uses “oral tradition” to make the best guess based on the weather readings. You can log your production from…
I sit here in Tanner, WV, wondering why? Why, why, why is it so cloudy? The sun was shining on the day I arrived: One of those 50-60 degree days in January that do happen upon occasion. The forecast was for highs in the upper 30s into the 40s, with…
Please see the Resources section. We finally uploaded the 2017 newsletter – the 2018 newsletter has been available since the web-site’s beginnings. There are some opportunities for grants and training still available. For example, there is a forest management grant, and an article on the “Grants & Opportunities” page under…
Start making plans for our two Maple Days, February 23 and March 16, 2019. If you are a Facebook User, then check out the latest updates at Mountain State Maple Day. We will try to keep a running list here, for the venues that are opening their doors for Maple…