perhaps you don't want to really grow anything maybe you just want to tap existing trees check out this maple sugar farm in upstate New York my name is Gary Walsh leghul I grew up on a grape farm dairy farm I went to work at a large company for 30-some years and then I lost my job and I started looking into the maple business all right in the springtime early spring we tapped the trees we've put a spot on the line put it in the tree and the when the SAP starts dripping then we turn on the vacuum the vacuum sucks it out of the tree and then it runs by gravity down to the pump house pump house sends it back up to the evaporator and in the sugar house when the when we start getting sat down to the pump house we go and pump it up here to the sugar house the sugar house we collect it in a large tank then we run it through the reverse osmosis which takes away 80% of the water and then we concentrate that down to about 12% sugar we plugged it in a concentrate tank and then when the concentrate tank gets full then we turn on the evaporator and we start concentrating it even farther until we get up to about 66 bricks and then we filter it and put it in barrels I asked Gary just how much final product you get per tree the answer was surprising a third to a half a gallon depending on the season could be even a quarter of a gallon of syrup finished syrup so on a good year maybe a half gallon gary explains what are the favorable conditions that make a tree flow better cold nights and warm day so if we could get into the mid 20s at night and then go up into the high or mid or low 40s would be great how long does that season last six six weeks on average about 30 days they figure of actual running though this maple plaque shows what tap whole maple is or what when you tap holes in a maple tree how it configures the wood and kind of stains it you can see all where the tap holes are you can see the streams of coloration that it runs through the wood and stuff yes my advice for getting into any sort of work is to do your background we went to a lot of seminars got educated on the whole maple process and then also on the maple end they'll build in your sugar house getting all your setups done get a person with a lot of advice a lot of knowledge and go from there I hope you enjoyed that just remember this is a segment out of a full documentary if you want to watch the whole documentary all you have to do is click right here and you can see it in its entirety also don't forget to stop by Taryn Lupo comm I have up videos that you can't see anywhere else currently I have one on carnivorous plants and also how to make your own need all you have to do is go over and sign up at Taryn Lupo calm and all that's free don't forget if you haven't subscribed yet please subscribe to my channel also give this a thumbs up a like a share or if you have something to add remember to comment below thanks