Collecting Birch Sap Syrup from Trees

2012 Harvest

Harvest Journal

4/21/12 Wow, how time flies … another harvest underway, our 23rd! It’s a wild one – I call it “transition” year … and for anyone who has ever given birth, you know what I mean by transition! We installed 2000 taps on a tubing and vacuum system to see how that works for us, AND…

Lines of Pipe collecting Birch Sap to be made into Alaska Birch Tree Syrup

2011 Harvest

Harvest Journal

3/24/11 Happy Spring! Where does the time go? The weather is warming rapidly here in Alaska, and the freeze/thaw is well underway. I am secretly hoping for a bit more wintry weather, but I can’t tell my Alaskan friends that! We know that a cooler spring will give us a sweeter harvest. Come mid-May ……