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Friday, March 28, 2014
Maple syrup field trip
Hi! I'm Rus. And I'm going to tell you about our trip to a maple farm where we learned how to make maple syrup. Making syrup isn't easy as you will see. Now we were walking through the woods. It was a long time till we were in the forest. When we were we went inside a hollow tree that was alive. A tree does not depend on its middle. A couple of inches is good enough for the tree. So when we came out of the tree we kept walking through the forest. There were so many sugar maple trees that you don't see when you walk in the woods. Now I will tell you how to identify trees that are good for maple syrup. Okay probably the one of the easiest ways is to look at the bark and look for little white dots on the tree. Second look for branches that grow opposite from each other. And you can look at the leafs which need to look like teeth on a saw. That is probably a maple tree leaf. Now before we thrust that spigot into the tree to make the maple syrup go into the bucket lets go over a couple rules first. First you need to measure the tree to see how many taps you need to do. Second well you need to make sure that you filter out all the good stuff and leave behind all the bad stuff. You need to heat it to the right temperature. And then well get a plate and pancakes. This is how you make maple syrup.
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