Sugar House Tour 2019
East Hill Farm, Colyer Road, Guilford
Saturday, March 23rd at 1:00-3:00 pm –Stop by any time.
Windham Regional Woodlands Association (WRWA) is sponsoring its annual Sugar House Tour on Saturday. Each year WRWA showcases a different sugaring operation. This year East Hill Farm will be hosting the tour of their traditional wood fired sugaring operation with about 1050 taps on a pipeline, of which 400 are on 3/16” gravity line and an additional 700 taps with a light vacuum. In recognition of the old ways, they set out one to two hundred buckets. East Hill Farm uses a 40″ x 9′ wood fired evaporator and have recently added a small reverse osmosis machine to increase efficiency. They generally produce 200 to 300 gallons of syrup. Syrup will be for sale.
For more information contact Sam.Schneski@vermont.gov
Directions:
I-91 to exit 2. WEST on Rte. 9 (travel 1.3 miles)
LEFT onto Greenleaf St. (after Pizza Shop).Greenleaf turns into Hinesburg Rd.
After 1.4 miles take a hard LEFT to stay on Hinesburg Rd.
Travel about 3.9 miles SOUTH on Hinesburg Rd.
Turn RIGHT onto Colyer Rd., the sugar house is down the hill on the LEFT
The Walnut Shack
We have what used to be a sugar shack out back. It’s empty except for a fair amount of squirrel-relocated walnuts and walnut shells. Needs a bit of work and cleaning before we can go into full walnut production. Not sure I’d want a fire anywhere near it.
Ahh, maple. This region could do far more to capitalize on maple season. This tour is a good example of how to get it going.