Maple Syrup Season! ~ Sweet moments outside 

When I was growing up in Vermont sugaring season was awesome. Several friends families had farms and each had its own sugaring house. We'd help empty buckets into a horse drawn sleigh or wagon with a big tank on the back. Then modern harvesting happened and plastic lines went from tree to tree right down to the sugar house. Sugar on snow was the treat we got at the end of emptying the buckets of sap into the sleigh. Memories of a more simple time.

It is very easy to forget how fortunate we are in this great land , the simple things we take for granted . Loved the video brook keep up the great work

Pretty cool yum yum. We moved into our house last November and all I've thought about was making syrup because of all the maples on our property but the season came so fast I didn't get prepared enough to do it right so I'll just have to do it next year and that gives me a year to prepare have a spot in the trees to build my fire pit. A lot of fun to be able to watch it be done anyways. It's one one my most favorite memories helping my great grandparents as a young kid at the sugar shack and eating maple snow cones..

Never witnessed the process before! I loved watching this. I always learn so much from you guys! "She gone... to look for pancakes" LOL! Thanks for sharing! -Mike

Wow! I'm a big fan of maple syrup but it's so expensive here in Japan. So I only can taste it occasionally. That's wonderful for you to be able to hervest maple sap at your own place. Great Land!

Love the way the varmits just hang out with you while you work.

My dog started vocalizing when yours did LOL! Had to tell him to shush because the kids are sleeping! Crazy dog!

Beautiful video! Brings back memories of when I was a boy in Maine watching the adults make maple syrup 50 years ago!

So sorry to hear of your loss. I can feel the sorrow, I lost my sisters in '98.

nothing like real maple syrup and early spring sunny days thanks for the vid

I can remember 50 some years ago helping make maple syrup. It was a 24 a day process so i'd nap on the floor of the 3 wall sugar shack. When the sap looked like it was gonna boil over we'd add a little cream and it would go down. Love having some syrup poured over some clean snow to eat.

Well, Brooke and Dave, our binge watching your videos continues. And we’re loving it. Tonight we’re watching the maple syrup story. We live in Upstate New York and maple syrup is a big deal here too. My husband tells of when he was a boy he and his cousins helped their grandparents make maple syrup. While watching your videos tonight he said he could still smell the maple syrup boiling down whenever your camera picked up the breeze blowing the smoke into the camera lens. Very cool.

Your dog is funny when it comes to things she doesn't like...love Macy and kitty is also with you...cute

That is what I call Life..You guys are so blessed to have such a resource in your back yard. Thanks for brightening my day..

Oh gosh! After trying this for the first time this weekend, I was smiling from ear to ear watching your video. I processed about fifteen gallons yesterday, and I have ten more to do tomorrow. It is so rewarding to be able to use something from your land and turn it into pure gold. It's like magic....with a backache. Thanks you for your inspiration. P.S. It was good to see Dave out there too.

Sweet. Good times working your own land. Stay safe out there. Cheers.

I love the taste of fresh maple syrup. My brother's friend Jean was doing maple syrup with his father & took over the farm & is still doing it. I have visited him while the vats were going. The free tastes were fantastic. The gallons he sold were the same. You have made my mouth water just watching this video. Nuttin like maple syrup on French toast.

Thanks guys...what a beautiful place. My "brother from another" , his family used to own a large syrup camp in Canada...I'd love to spend a couple weeks doing this....that's the way to truly live.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL VIDEO. THANKS SO MUCH. BE CAREFUL AND SAFE MY FRIENDS.

Yummy real maple syrup.. Brooke, I love your spirit. Your an amazing woman.

Great video! Love the maple surgaring! So nice to have that kind of life... hard work, yes, but your time belongs to you! Thank you so much for sharing with us!

Nice to see how you get such a nice gift from nature. Spring is coming. Cheers from Spain

Excellent video, Girl in the Woods. It reminds me of so many jobs that, even today, here we do. Thanks and bye.

thank you for filming this. so neat to watch.

Beautiful woods and scenery!

Thanks for this video Brooke! So interesting to watch the process. Makes me REALLY appreciate REAL syrup! :)

I'm going to have to grab me some locally made maple sirup now! Thanks Brooke! :)

Awesome love maple Syrup can almost smell it from Canada LOL ... Great video thanks ... Mark....

So delicious,so much work but its worth every gallon of it you make this so relaxing labor of the real maple syrup 😋yummy Thank You !

MY favorite candy in the world is maple sugar. My whole family on my dad's side love it. Instead of buying just stuff every year at Christmas I buy them a piece I of maple sugar can big enough to last until New years.

my mom tried to make maple syrup one year when a friend of the family gave us a gallon of sap, everyone tried to tell her you will end up with a thimble full or less but she said she knew what she was doing, well she boiled it for a couple hours and jarred up about a quarts worth of sap. well that night we had pancakes with her syrup, .............have you ever had pancakes during a rainstorm and there was no cover to hide from it? well needless to say that was the last time us kids had real maple syrup till we left the house, plus that was last time we had soggy pancakes too. i also think that was the last time we let our mother cook at all. all us kids turned out to be pretty good cooks, but its still a dream to someday make a batch from start to finish. thanks for bringing back some funny memories. i hope we get to see the final product poured over a stack of cakes. think ill pick up a jar the next time i go shopping.

Good job there Brooke - you are so blessed to have that in your back yard - I could almost smell the goodness ya are a brewing - Those are fun chores wrapped in getting some fresh air & exercise - have a blessed day & enjoy your time - yummy - kirk out for now

It is so relaxing watching this. Love the crunch of leaves & the syrup boiling & your calm & sweet demeanor. Thank you.

What a gr8 way to spend the day!

Great video once again!❤️👍🏼

Thanks so much for the vlog. 40 gallons of sap for 1 gallon in the jar. Wow

Y'all are so lucky. Betcha it's going to become great tasting syrup

Sweet!!! (Pun intended! LOL) Your sap set-up looks as simple and rustic as mine! It is a labor of love. As far as stove wood goes, we have put our saws and splitter through more hours than they have seen for the past few seasons!! Thanks for sharing!! ~Kitty

Hi Brooke and Dave, wow, 40 to 1 making syrup, good to know, Rock On!

Wow Brooke you made up my mind for me . It's pancakes and maple syrup for breakfast tomorrow. Thanks for the inspiration.

What da heck. I'm trudgin through 2 feet of snow and the sap stop running after the second day. And loving it. Haven't done syrup in a couple years and think i might go at it i a bigger way next year. Your livin the dream.

its a lot of work but so worth it in the end...yum yum thanks for sharing Brooke... Hi Dave

He says stick your head in there!! Haaha!! Indeed gold!! All good things take time!! Do I smell pancakes? She Gone! !

I really enjoy your videos, waiting impatiently for more!

That's gotta be so rewarding.

What's sweeter to start your day than making maple syrup? I love the taffee you can make with it too !! Awesome footage Brookes !!

That was awesome, Brooke. Thanks so much for sharing:)

The smell of wood,smoke and boiling sap...right up there with bread baking

Wow, so much reminds me of my own maple sugaring days growing up in Pennsylvania right down to the 5 gallon plastic buckets and old roasting pan mounted on cinder blocks. Makes a delicious slightly smoky flavoured syrup. Now I live in the Yukon where I can only dream of making my own maple syrup.

Amazing!! I didn't know how you make it. Looks good. Enjoy 👍👍👏👏 Cheers Sel

I love your dog Maisy!

This was great seeing the sap get boiled down to syrup. I do not eat white refined sugar, only natural sugars. You can not get more natural then boiling the sap over a wood fire. I can only imagine how absolutely delicous that maple syrup is! Thanks for the video

Great job making maple syrup, it is a lot of hard work, but it is worth it in the end!

You make it look so easy......never done it so I'll have to try it cause of you sweets

Omg I love that music ....love your channel brook ..🙂

Great Video!

Thanks I really enjoyed watching even learn some thing to love watching your videos keep up with the wonderful videos wish you all the very best until next time my friend may God be with you and your family

I did the maple syrup process with my grandson a couple years ago. On our new land, it was awesome. The syrup, of course, was delicious. Not to mention the fun I had with my grandson.

Love it. Mapling is fun to do. Tried it once a few years ago (NH) I spent hours at it and got 1/2 pint:) Thanks for sharing.

Hey bushradical!!! Where's that sawmill ....perfect beech for some nice boards!!! Nice video...love spring!!

Cool video, I've never tried to extract from a tree but I love maple syrup and peanut butter on my pancakes. Thumbs up!

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enjoyed this. thank you

I live in Texas where maple syrup costs a mint and may involve leveraging offspring.

LOVE YOU AND VIDEOS . LOVE FROM THE SWAMPS OF LA. BE CAREFUL AND SAFE MY FRIENDS.

I enjoyed this so much, i watched it again!!

Yup,just love the maple syrup time of year also,the guy who does my parents trees just stopped tapping them on March 17th,said it wasnt a good year here for it because of the temperature changes,he started on February 17th,and told me he only got about 3 good runs,and he was here just about every day, hope your season is better there,and I got a quart of some good maple syrup, yummy he gives me some because I check on his buckets, making sure they aren't being tipped over by our winds,lol its well worth it to me the trade off😊👍😉...cheers

You're one of the very few popular creators who actually replies to comments in stead of just hearting them all. I hate it when I ask a question and it gets a heart but no answer. That means that the creator is just hearting everything without reading them. Thanks for that. I can't believe you only have 21k subscribers. You should be well over 100k by now. I guess you just don't have enough tattoos and piercings to be "cool" in today's world. Keep up the good work.

Interesting video. I've never seen maple syrup being made and seen the tapping process. Fascinating! Enjoyed watching Dave use the wood splitter on that huge log too. Such a beautiful cat by the way. Thanking you for sharing.

Living the dream!!

Thanks! That's the first time I've seen that done.

Brooke. Thank you for taking me to the sugar bush on my break. ❤️your channel. I need to tap our maples here in 🇨🇦. Fond memories of tapping. 😊

I used to boil sorghum with my Grandpa, but never did any Maple Syrup. He would pay me with a 5 gal. tin. I wish I had one of those now.

Thanks great video 👍 I'm going to try and make syrup this year 😁😀

Great video. Cant wait to see the finished product

Awesome!

LOVE FROM THE SWAMPS OF LA. BE CAREFUL AND SAFE MY FRIENDS.

Really enjoyed the video!! Looks like my setup!! Sure does taste good!! Cheers

Mazey does not approve of leave disruption. that was her special displeased tone. hurry & rake mama lol soso cuuuute you two:)

I'll bet that smelled so amazing as it boiled down!

@Girl in the Woods @9:30 If you lay something across the top of the pot ( that wont burn , like a metal rod or suchlike ) it pops all the frothy bubbles where they touch it just enough to help stop the pot boiling over Very interesting video - thanks !

WOW I had no idea it took that much sap to turn into syrup. Thank you.

Nice video! Wish I was there!

Nice!

*Sigh* ... lol. To think that I grew up in Michigan and never took the time to see this process first hand! Was even told once that the local Amish community would have allowed my family to watch their sugaring work. Really appreciate seeing you and Dave enjoying the woodlot and can only imagine how great it all felt ... nothing like a hardwood fire on a chilly day! Buttermilk pancakes, anyone? :)

That wood Dave was splitting up reminded me of the elm wood I split up back in Minnesota, twisted grains so bad you had to fight for every piece!

Way cool!

Lots of work , but very enjoyable. 🖒

Amazing how you make syrup!!!

Nice beech.

Wow! So little from sooooo much ;0) glad you know what you’re doing ;0)

Wow man; since it is sap after all , I thought it wouldn't come out looking like water, but syrup...Larn somethin new every day. ...Now! Pass the blueberry , banana buckwheat pancakes! Mit lot, and lots of butter! ...Oh, and don't forget the Maple Syrup!!!!!!! ..Wow man. Cool beans.

What a dandy little production ya got going there, Brooke! Wow, I could watch Dave using that hydro - splitter all day long. I used to do 4 cord w/ the ol' maul, and sometimes a wedge. Sure miss it, too...

love maple syrup :)

An annual tradition for us here in Southern Ontario too!

Won't be long before Dave and Daisy-Mazey will be making the trip to AK again. Excited yet? Love the videos. So simple, so home spun... Ross

Oh yum... Love homemade syrup! We don't get much of that here in Colorado. Aww.. your outdoor kitty. 40 for 1.. wow! Learn something new everyday. WOW I need one of those wood choppers. Great music. Thanks for sharing.

I do like maple syrup though, on my porridge. Or cinnamon and brown sugar is to die for too. 😜😊💕💖

It is always fun to watch someone else do all of the work. I am envious. How much land do you guys have, it looks like an incredible property. Thanks for sharing, now someone needs to invent sharenet so we can get a taste of fresh maple syrup.

People comment on the price of syrup when tapping 15-20 trees, tracking down 50 gallons of sap, keeping the fire going and 36 hours later you produce a gallon and make $1.50 a hour for your time sounds cheap to me. Great video.