Syrup season 01/19/2012
 
Warmer days and freezing nights mean the sap is starting to flow in the sugar maple trees around Howell Farm. Getting ready for maple sugaring is a big job. The evaporator must be cleaned and reassembled, trees must be tapped, and tubing must be installed. Check back for more on sugaring in The Furrow in the next few weeks.
 


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    The Furrow is the online newsletter of The Friends of Howell Living History Farm. We will be updating this site about once a week with crop reports and other insights into life on a horse-drawn living history farm.

    Howell Farm is owned by Mercer County and operated by the Mercer County Park Commission.

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