Singleton Maple Twin Taps
by Phil Chadwick
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Title
Singleton Maple Twin Taps
Artist
Phil Chadwick
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
There is a lot of work to making maple syrup. It takes about 40 parts of sap to make one part of maple syrup. That being said, there is nothing quite as sweet as enjoying the fruits of your own, honest labours. My son wanted to tap more sugar maple trees in 2022 so that is exactly what we did. He wanted to get the taps out early in case the season was short like that in 2021.
These are the old style taps which are still very effective.
The small sapling beside the sugar maple is a Ironwood (Hop-Hornbeam - Hornbeam Genus - Caroliniana Species). Ironwood trees have the hardest and densest wood of any species in Canada and it burns like coal. It can be identified by the shaggy, narrow strips of bark that are said to look like fried bacon as they peel. Ironwood trees rarely grow beyond 12m and are fairly short-lived. That we said, there are a few huge ironwoods within the Singleton Sanctuary that must date to before Canada. Ruffed Grouse are said to eat the buds in winter.
I would revisit these taps en plein air in #2622 "Sap Flowing at the Twin Tap".
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March 11th, 2022
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