[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Maple Sugaring season has started & Sapsquatch CSA shares are now on sale

[Shira Golding]

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> From: Joshua Dolan <sapsquatch7 at gmail.com>
> Date: February 18, 2013 2:48:17 PM EST
> Subject: Maple Sugaring season has started & Sapsquatch CSA shares  
> are now on sale
>
> Hello Sapsquatch supporters!
>
> We are up and running for our earliest maple sugaring season ever.   
> Our first boil last year was February 2nd.  This year’s was January  
> 30th!  All signs are pointing to a pretty good season this year.    
> The weather has been cold and wet, so there should be some  
> significant sap running over the next several weeks.  If you are  
> thinking about tapping yourself and haven’t done so yet, now is a  
> good time.   Here is an excerpt from my latest blog post.  You can  
> click on the title if you want to read the full article:
>
> Another early season maple sugaring & climate uncertainty
> “2012 was a year of extreme weather, and the balmy winter was just  
> the opening act.  Our first boil was on Groundhog Day, almost a  
> month earlier than ever before.  Many sugarmakers waited to see how  
> things would turn out, but their hopes were dashed on March 17th  
> when an unseasonable heat wave ended the season abruptly, causing  
> the sap flow to stop and forcing most commercial tree crops to bloom  
> way to early.  Many sugarmakers reported 50% lower yields, but  
> orchardists were devastated when the early blooms were killed by  
> frost, hail and late snow all in succession.”
>
> We will be boiling regularly between now and the end of the season,  
> and I like to post on Facebook when we are out at the shack.   
> Friends and newcomers are always welcome.  Please contact Josh for  
> more info or to schedule a private tour (free for CSA member’s, $10/ 
> group) at sapsquatch7 at gmail.com.  Below is a rundown of upcoming  
> events you should know about:
>
>
>             CSA sales start February 11 – For the past few years,  
> Sapsquatch has been growing our business, and our CSA is a way to  
> help us out at the beginning of the season and reserve your gallon.   
> For $80, you get 1 gallon of your favorite grade in a gallon jug or  
> 4 quarts.  For an additional $20 we can ship OR put your gallon and  
> a grade sampler in container sizes of your choosing (for pick up  
> only).  Place your order via email at sapquatch7 at gmail.com or by  
> phone at (607)280-8498.
>
>             Enfield Sugarmakers Club – This year we are teaming up  
> with Enfield’s afterschool for an 8 week maple sugar program.  Every  
> Thursday starting February 7th, middle school kids will learn the  
> ropes, tap trees, sled wood and sap to the sugarshack and see a boil  
> in progress.  At the end of the season, they will also learn to  
> identify native plants as they emerge from the freshly thawed soil.   
> New Roots Farm-to-School club and GIAC Conservation Corps are also  
> tentatively scheduled for regular programming at the sugarbush.
>
>                         Brooklyn High School Service Learning trip –  
> on March 6th, 15-16 high-schoolers from Brooklyn will visit the  
> sugarbush, help get the fire started, try their hand at chopping  
> wood, and begin construction on a new bridge over Sapsquatch Creek.   
> The will also visit several area farms, universities and other  
> educational attractions over course of the week.
>
>             NY Maple Weekends – Sapsquatch will host an open house  
> on the last two weekends of March, 23-24 and 30-31 from 12pm-5pm.   
> Swing by and pick up your syrup, see the evaporator in action  
> (depending on the weather) and take a walk in our 25 acre  
> sugarbush.  Check Facebook for evening activities https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sapsquatch-pure-maple-syrup/41901318258?fref=ts 
>   We will also be selling syrup at the Cayuga Nature Center’s annual  
> open house and pancake breakfast on March 23 and 24.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh Dolan
>
> Founder and Head sugarmaker, Sapsquatch Pure Maple Syrup
>
> www.sapsquatchsyrup.wordpress.com
>
>

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