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July 10, 2017

Maple Syrup

At Monroe’s Orchard & Farm Market, LLC we make our own maple syrup each year during the months of February and March.  The season usually lasts 4 – 6 weeks when the weather is reaching the 40’s during the day and freezing during the night.  This temperature pattern causes the sap to move up the tree and drip out the taps and into buckets or tubing.  Buckets are gathered by hand, and tubing is run through the woods to gathering tanks.

      It takes approximately 50 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup.  We use a reverse osmosis machine that removes 50-75% of the water, we then boil the concentrate.  Maple syrup comes in different grades.  The light grade being considered the best, is the mildest flavored.  Many of our customers prefer the medium grade or medium-light grade, which has a slightly stronger flavor.  The dark syrup has the strongest flavor, and is produced when the weather gets warmer, usually near the end of the season.  Each day we boil a sample is taken and put in our window for our customers to see.

      Our maple syrup is shipped all over the world.  Many who have lived in our area of Ohio and moved away still crave that pure sweet Ohio maple syrup on their pancakes.  There is nothing like it!

Stay sweet everyone, and don’t forget to check out the “Monroe’s Orchard Sugarhouse Shake” on YouTube!  You can definitely see the younger generation’s influence…

  • Monroe's Orchard Sugarhouse
  • Steam rising from Monroe's Orchard Sugarhouse.
  • Angela canning maple syrup
  • Sap drip, drip, drip! Still have a few buckets near the Sugarhouse.
  • Still have a few buckets at the Monroe's Orchard sugarhouse.
  • Making maple syrup is a sweet task, especially when we get to taste a sample!
  • Buckets waiting for the syrup to be finished.  Steam rising from the sweet sap!
  • Rog and Les reminiscing about the "good old days" making maple syrup.
  • Samples of maple syrup, taken each day
  • Tubing at Monroe's Orchard gathering the sap!
  • Tubing gathering the sap at Monroe's Orchard
  • End of sugaring season!

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Thursday we are open 8-4 with sweet cherries and o Thursday we are open 8-4 with sweet cherries and open with strawberries 8 until picked out. The sweet cherries are perfect for picking today! We hope to see you! #monroesorchard
UPDATE: Our strawberry patch will close at 12:30 a UPDATE: Our strawberry patch will close at 12:30 and our sweet cherry orchard will be closed at 1 pm...Open today at 8 am with sweet cherries and strawberries! We will be open until picked out. Please give us a call with any questions! #monroesorchard
UPDATE: Closing today at 1 pm. Open tomorrow at 8. UPDATE: Closing today at 1 pm. Open tomorrow at 8. We are open today at 8 am until picked out with pick your own strawberries! We will return to sweet cherries tomorrow morning starting at 8 am! #monroesorchard
UPDATE: open until 1pm on Monday. Open At 8am on T UPDATE: open until 1pm on Monday. Open At 8am on Tuesday. Happy Monday! Today we have Tart Cherries and strawberries available for pick your own! We open at 8 am and will close when we get picked out. We will have sweet cherries sometime this week. Have a great day! #monroesorchard
UPDATE: we close at 3 pm today with tart cherries UPDATE: we close at 3 pm today with tart cherries and strawberries. We are closed Sunday and will open Monday at 8 am...Good morning! We open at 8 am until picked out with pick your own strawberries and Tart cherries! Our tart cherries are limited this year so we recommend coming out early or calling before you come out. We will have more sweet cherries available sometime next week. Enjoy your day! #monroesorchard
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