Wednesday, January 30, 2013
This weekend through March, enjoy the winter woods and learn how maple trees can be tapped for the sugar that becomes syrup.
Sometimes there's just not enough hours in the day, but each week we'll give you an idea of something to do to relax, spend time with family and just take some time for yourself. Continuing a tradition in the Northeast United States, including New Jersey, that began centuries ago with the Native Americans and colonists, the Somerset County Park Commission invites children and adults to a 90-minute program to witness how Maple tree sap can produce delicious New Jersey maple syrup. The series of weekend demonstrations are free and begin this Saturday morning at the Environmental Education Center's Sugar Shack at 190 Lord Stirling Road, Basking Ridge. During a series of programs that will continue through March 10, the trees are tapped. …
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Weekend demonstrations to begin Feb. 4, and continue through March 11.
How does the sap from a maple tree turn into maple sugar, used for maple syrup and other sweets? Each year, the county's Environmental Education Center in Basking Ridge holds more than a month of weekend demonstrations to show that maple sugar can be tapped in New Jersey, too, not only New England. Continuing a tradition in the Northeast U.S. begun centuries ago by Native Americans and colonists, the Somerset County Park Commission is again inviting children and adults to a 90-minute program to witness how maple trees are tapped, learn about sap collecting methods from the past and present, and experience the boiling process that produces delicious New Jersey maple syrup. The program is scheduled annually, and is led by an EEC naturalist. …
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
For four more weeks, the Environmental Education Center continues a tradition begun centuries ago by Native Americans.
Even deep snow didn't deter about 50 spectators last Sunday from traipsing out to the "sugar shack" on the grounds of the Environmental Education Center for a free 90-minute program to demonstrate how Maple Trees are tapped, sap is collected, and the boiling process produces delicious maple syrup. The free demonstrations will continue at the EEC in Basking Ridge three times daily every Saturday and Sunday through the end of February. The EEC, part of the Somerset County Park Commission, is at 190 Lord Stirling Road. Maple syrup is syrup made from the sap of sugar maple, red maple or black maple trees, naturalist Daryl Anne Villard said during the demonstration. In cold climate areas, these trees store starch in their stems and roots before…
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Kennon Gilson
7:43 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013
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