Do you want to know more about making Maple Syrup? Come to the Annual Open House Event Friday and Saturday, May 6-7. Seminars will be on Vacuum Tubing, Monitoring Systems, Technology of Boiling, and Reverse Osmosis. There will be special sale prices on select items. Bring items you want to (more)

The annual Open House and Swap Meet will be held the first Friday and Saturday in May. Anyone wishing to sell items at the FREE SWAP MEET should pre-register by calling 715-536-7251. There will be special prices on select items, technical sessions, and factory reps available to answer questions. Please (more)

The midwest is still getting cold spring weather and sporadic snow storms. Most people are tired of the winter-like weather, but syrup producers are still cooking their spring crop. The weather conditions for each syrup producer might vary enough to give them a better or worse crop than their neighbors. (more)

A great part of spring is cooking maple sap into maple syrup. It takes many hours to cook the sweet sap into syrup, but it is worth it.It is a nutritional natural product.

The temperatures are warmer and the sap is beginning to run. People in the southern part of Wisconsin have cooked wonderful fresh maple syrup. Soon the sweet smell of sap cooking will be all over the state. What part of spring do you like best?

Several producers are getting a good start collecting and cooking their maple sap. The sweet aroma of maple syrup cooking will soon fill the air in our neighborhood. The golden brown syrup can be used in so many ways that it surprises the best cooks in any family. From sauces (more)

The warmer weather brings many changes. New smells and new sights. There is still plenty of winter left according to the calendar, but the warmer weather lets us think of spring and sap cooking weather. This is a good time to get equipment ready to use.

WISCONSIN’S WINTER MAPLE INSTITUTE is Saturday January 16 from 7:00am – 4:30pm at the Plaza Hotel, 201 N 17th Ave in Wausau Wisconsin. The EQUIPMENT TRADE SHOW starts Friday at 4:00. There is no entrance fee Friday. Saturday there will be a morning program, lunch, and information sessions. Topics of interest are Maple for Beginners, Mold in Syrup, New Grading System, Maple Sap as a (more)

MAPLE HOLLOW HAS MANY FOOD PRODUCTS AND GIFT ITEMS AVAILABLE ALL YEAR. CHOOSE FROM FRUIT SYRUPS, MAPLE SUGAR, HONEY AND COMB HONEY, JEWELRY, SECRET GARDEN HAND-PAINTED GLASSWARE, DECORATOR FLAGS, CANDY MAKING SUPPLIES, COOKBOOKS, AND GIFT CERTIFICATES. WWW.maplehollowssyrup.com

Some of the specialty items are puzzles, hand painted glassware, books, specialty syrups, slate clocks, hand-made jewelry, and maple root beer. Many are unique one-of-a-kind gifts. If it is not on the website, call for availability. 715-536-7251; www.maplehollowssyrup.com