Boil Our Maple Sap Into Maple Syrup

[@LumnahAcres]

The Burner we used for boiling amzn.to/2CZaZBi I was amazed how fast it boiled the sap

[@MichelleVisser]

That IS an amazing burner!! I was wondering how on earth you boiled it down so quickly until I saw this video... NOW I know!

[@jackywaldon359]

Lumnah Acres, The burner was worth its weight in gold this is something that we all can use.

[@mompop623]

Yay!! How exciting to make your own syrup for the first time! Great job! I applaud you for allowing Olivia to be learning how to drive the tractor. She is a confident young lady! Go Olivia! Love all of you! Thanks for sharing.

[@debketelsen3742]

You can make maple candy while boiling the syrup . When it is almost done take a small pan of the syrup and pour it on some clean fresh snow in a thin drizzlly line. You can make circles or fun patterns. It should crystallize in to a chewy yummy treat. Do a test with a spoonful first. Kind of like making fudge without a candy thermometer

[@desertplumranch6172]

Hubby thinks its a lot of work for so little but this is only the first of many boilings. Here is to you guys having a few gallons of delicious, fresh maple syrup! I'm jealous!

[@vickievellinga5139]

I learned how to drive on a tractor in the desert in California. I was probably 14 or 15 then when my parents moved us to a farm. It gives you a good start for confidence and aptitude for a fun life of driving anything. I have more of an appreciation for maple syrup now.

[@marlenereimchen9141]

Oh man how exciting!! I'm drooling. My cousin in Quebec has maple trees and he makes tonnes of syrup. You could also boil some until it gets really think and then pour it on fresh snow. It gets hard and then you take Popsicle sticks and wrap it around the stick and eat it like candy. It's delicious.

[@LumnahAcres]

that sounds delicious

[@marlenereimchen9141]

look up, "la tire d'erable", on the internet. It shows pictures for you and explains how its done.

[@carmelinabalchin9570]

Oh my!!! I wanted to put my hand in my phone , when you were tasting , and try some too. What a joy to see you and Olivia working like a team.. Fantastic.. She was so eager to get to the trees I loved her little face when you were saying about giving some away.... She was like "what????" It must have been so cold for you all being outside So happy for you all making it for the first time. Well done really proud of you all.. Now step away from the Jars..xxx Thank you for your video. You are all my secret pleasure watching you. A brilliant little family Xxxx

[@keriplorins6578]

Your family is so awesome! I'm so jealous of your lifestyle! Your daughter is so cute and you can tell how much she loves you both and everything around her!

[@kellyschlosser]

Awesome first time! Next time try having Olivia drizzle a little warm syrup over fresh snow to make taffy strings. Kids love it!

[@LumnahAcres]

I bet she would. We need some fresh snow for that. Which we are supposed to get on thursday

[@lisabooker6405]

Yayyyy syrup! Liv’s smile when she got her first taste was priceless! Great Job Lumnah Family. TFS God Bless ~Lisa

[@stewartjazz]

Hey you should make inexpensive labels for the syrup jars w/ the Lumnah Acres logo and whatever other information you want.

[@theladyinblack3]

How awesome to make your own syrup! It was nice seeing the whole family get involved. I just love hearing Olivia say the ending, she’s adorable!

[@RobertasArtisticAdventures]

"That was fun!" Love your enthusiasm, Al and family! Thank you for sharing your homesteading journey with us. I know more about harvesting maple sap and how to process it into syrup than I did before watching your adventure! Thank you for sharing it with us! God bless your family!

[@eddeetz493]

The first of many family gallons of goodness for us all. Spring will come and much more sap on the way. I was surprised the single tank of propane didn't run out. Great job on a fun project.

[@LumnahAcres]

we had just enough propane in one tank

[@cherylharless281]

This is something I never plan/planned on doing, but it's really interesting watching the process. I never knew it took SO MUCH SAP to make the syrup. Just crazy!

[@richardbohlingsr3490]

Looks great and hope the pancakes are super. Good job with the tractor Olivia. Come on Spring.

[@jimsgardensandrabbitry]

This brought back memories when I was young. Enjoy the fruits of your time. Blessings, Jim

[@dpower02]

If you want to speed up your boiling down you can put a second pot on top, set it on a support like a screen and warm up the pot on top with the steam coming out of the bottom pot, that's how the evaporators do it. With 19 gallons you are not going to get much more than a pint and half. Those are pints. Those plastic lids will need to be refrigerated if you don't get enough water out of the syrup it will spoil.

[@erroleabrown4317]

that is so awesome. l had no idea that a tree could give you that and weirdly l didnt realise that Maple Syrup was from a Maple tree. l cant believe my eyes. Thank you so much for the video.

[@reneep9968]

It looks delicious! Now I know why it’s so expensive. There’s a lot of time and effort into those 4 jars. Thank you all for sharing. Blessings...

[@LumnahAcres]

Thanks there sure is! Lol

[@straubdavid9]

Man, that is some good stuff. Even 4 quarts is nothing to scoff at, and should last you a while! Take care.

[@atheanicholls2199]

hi good morning Al Gina and Olivia nice job with the boiling of the maple syrup, I admire how clean you keep you're surroundings very impressed and to be admired. hi Mr. Biggs glad to hear you. till tomorrow same time same place have a wonderful day today every one 👋 bye. 🐔🐔🐔🐃🐓🐖🐖🐕🌲🌲🌳🌱⛅☁🏡👍👍👍

[@jackywaldon359]

The daily adventure's on Lumnah Acres! You get sweetness out of all your hard work turning tree sap into maple syrup. I really like the whole process of this and enjoyed everyone working together. Olivia you are a good driver and a big help on Modern Homesteaders. Ok, which one taste better, store boughten or homemade maple syrup?

[@dennisst.germaine3497]

Nice Job!!! Good family fun for a late winter's day!

[@LumnahAcres]

how did you fare with the storm?

[@lesleyoliver5582]

Looks good. Thanks from Australia 🐨🐨

[@revera9639]

Oh yummy, I can't wait for the day to make my own maple syrup!!

[@BanDanaGramma]

Nicely done! Thanks for sharing. Pancakes, pancakes, pancakes, pancakes, pancakes with syrup Is all I can think about, and I'm supposed to be on weight watchers.

[@lisabooker6405]

BanDana Gramma He’s not making waistlines easy is he! LOL ♥️

[@BanDanaGramma]

No he's not, Lisa! This will be on my list of things to eat after I make some progress.

[@terribethreed8464]

This was a great video! It's nice to know how easy a process it is! Thank you, your Wife & Olivia!

[@ditmagiknietvergeten]

Awesome and love the pink strap. I'm shure weather will pick up and next batches will be more abundant. Kind regards rose

[@stan3198]

You need to get Olivia something to wear that says "I drive a Kubota" haha. Video gave me a hankering for some good old New England maple syrup on flapjacks mmmm

[@evephillips6701]

Good job all hands on deck for the Maple Sap boiling....It's definately a diy very Good thing😊😍

[@sylviabradley7355]

What a great family project.😍

[@offgridsweden]

Awesome syrap boiling. Sounds like your cold is gone. It came here INSTEAD and I still got it. So I didn't manage to upload anything this weekend. And this is the first video I have seen for a few days. Have a great week. Greetings from Andreas on Off Grid Sweden

[@LumnahAcres]

Feel better!

[@tombob671]

Al you have amazing skills and amazing helpers ❤❤❤❤❤

[@LumnahAcres]

Thanks, yup the best helpers! :)

[@stringoutoftherug7467]

When you do the syrup out side that's really smart

[@CleoCastonguay47]

Great stuff !!! I'm happy you made your first run of maple syrup !!!

[@KahlestEnoch]

Wow Pluto is unrecognizable lol. Awesome thanks, I now know how to make maple syrup myself.

[@Beecozz7]

Aren't those pint jars??? Looks delicious!!!

[@LumnahAcres]

Nope, they are quarts

[@brandonbritton8420]

This is amazing, I can't wait to locate all our maples and tap them.

[@LumnahAcres]

I bet you will love doing this!

[@mnichols31]

Neat process. Never saw this being done before.

[@jumpyX2]

Pretty cool. Maple syrup is da bomb.

[@rutten69]

I do the same with Birch trees. Cook the sap, and it will be sirup :-) All the best from Norway

[@cmc7106]

Looks great Al!! Must have tasted delicious!!

[@LumnahAcres]

It sure did! Looking forward to our next boil

[@dianecharles881]

Wow ! Lots of work, but exciting and I know it’ll be delicious!

[@LumnahAcres]

it takes awhile put it is not hard. Believe it or not its is very relaxing

[@muddyacres9334]

That was fun! Thank you. Those pancakes will be the best ever!!

[@JustinC905]

Yeah, I remember loading that wood stove with an evaporator on it. It did take a lot of wood. I'd say 8x8x10 shed full of split wood for boiling. Not sure how many times my uncle had to refill it but it was definitely a lot of fuel for what he did.

[@LumnahAcres]

I bet you were loading the stove all the time

[@JustinC905]

Yes, quite.:D He had done it for years like that. 30-40 years at least. It wasn't commercially produced like you see on videos on here. But supplied local small shops and sold out of his house. He did have a couple mainlines and tapped quite a bit trees which then collected into a cistern-line tank, then pumped into barrels to boil later. It was quite an awesome feeling standing in the middle of the forest, hearing the wind blow and your heart beat and just the calmness of the woods. I think this is part of the reason he did it.

[@terrybrown9206]

Pretty good way to make maple syrup.

[@Adam-up2cc]

Good job guys. Enjoyed the process. Great video as always.

[@TheLuke1184]

I think your sap yield is being hampered by the seal around the tube into the bucket - try cracking the lids or putting another small hole in the top or, preferably, the side of the bucket. You get sap AND air from the tube, causing a potential vacuum.

[@malcolmconnor6602]

i always enjoy all of your videos, thanks for taking the time to make them.

[@audreyabdo7719]

I love that burner oven you have. My brother was thinking of getting something like this for his summer place and just use grills and electric stove tops. He inherited all of my stepmothers cast iron and he got them cleaned and seasoned.

[@kaydickerson1229]

In the south, we use a boat paddle, actually a cooking paddle !

[@LumnahAcres]

we have paddles from our canoes but they are covered in a clear coat

[@carlinkay1151]

....and that's why you don't boil it inside.... sticky, sticky yummyness! Looking forward to pancakes tomorrow!

[@ruthbarrett8907]

Love watching your version of starting a fire. Truly a “Modern-steamer”. Did you think of using flat lids and rings, so you would get a seal on your syrup and also not expose it to the plastic of the white lids? Have a great week!

[@LumnahAcres]

we will use the sealing lids next time

[@kdscrapping4452]

My pancakes are WAITING!!!!

[@fooddude9921]

Congrats on your first batch of maple syrup! If your shelf space is running scarce then I'd encourage you to take the next batch down a little further for a denser consistency (and hence less jars). If you prefer a lighter consistency with your food products then you can always add some water back in. Now when you all get some cows or goats and make some butter you can take the leftover buttermilk and make some pancakes and top it off with the syrup and have with your homemade bacon! Darn, just made myself hungry - lol

[@LumnahAcres]

we heated the syrup to 221f which is on the higher end. If we brought it higher I am afraid it would burn

[@fooddude9921]

Just turn down the heat a bit ;-).

[@plhartley]

Looks great! I thought those were pint jars. :) They look smaller on camera.

[@shadysusan4244]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@LumnahAcres]

we use a wide angle Len on our camera it distorts things a bit

[@realbladeguy8873]

I believe you are correct, 19 gallons would more likely yield 1/2 gallon rather than a gallon.

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

That stove rocks 🤟🏻

[@50shadesofgreen]

thant was the best biol video i've seen this year !! there be some funny looking home made boilers udes lol

[@jameslemon51]

Thanks for maple syrup video. I enjoyed

[@JenniferAllmendingerNDhouse]

Exciting. You'll have to tell us what it tasted like on the pancakes.

[@rockinrickard61]

Looks good, I might have to try tapping our trees next year, maybe.

[@LumnahAcres]

I think you should! It is a fun expereince.

[@ubetchya78]

Yummy, fresh syrup! I think you need to tap those trees a bit deeper, everyone else I've seen mapling videos of have tapped their trees 2"-2 1/2" Pluto maybe not so eager to run outside now that she's been clipped.

[@MBFModernHomesteading]

How ya liking the whole maple syrup processing? I personally LOVE it :)

[@LumnahAcres]

We loved it! I found it very relaxing and rewarding! Looking forward to the next time!

[@MBFModernHomesteading]

Thats awesome! I feel the same way, it is one of my favourite things to do in regards to processing, etc.

[@aliverseidge]

Good day. Thank you.

[@ronmack1767]

This was interesting watching y'all boil last years syrup. Your work table in the outdoor kitchen is beautiful. Did you make it Al? Y'all take care and God bless.

[@LumnahAcres]

Thanks yes I made the table last year we have a video on making the table too

[@jimclaire7996]

I wondered how you were going to boil down the sap. The fire in the oven is for heating soup. How about baking a load of bread? I wish you had gotten more sap on your recent collection rounds. I an sure you can make syrup over the next few weekends. God bless America. Thanks for sharing.

[@loriehabel1552]

Congrats. Hope the sap runs more for you

[@LumnahAcres]

Thanks! We do too!

[@alwayslearning3671]

When it boils at 219 F on a candy thermometer, it's done. Otherwise a hygrometer will give you the specific gravity, but a more expensive option.

[@mamabear8590]

Thank You 😊

[@MyViewFromTheWoods]

Looks good Lumnah family!

[@natashasemrau3670]

Rat dog and Fcat the featured pet crew! Is Fcat still watching the chicks? Rat dog looks cuter with a shave. Maple syrup is so great, like the person before me said you will have a home done farm to table breakfast! That's great!!!!! The best to the family and animals!💘💛💚💙💜👊✌😘😍🐩🐩🐎🐎🐣🐤🐓🍀🍀🍀🍀🌼🌼🌼🌼🌹🌹🌹

[@Leslie_AvalonAcresFarm]

I could almost taste it from here, it looked great! ~~Leslie

[@BraxxJuventa]

Nice one Lumnah's! Thumbs up! :)

[@taunyaw2181]

cool beans indeed!

[@littlewhitedory1]

Goooood Mawning Al! Very interesting process, I can't help but think that the amount of surface area is critical when boiling the sap. Wouldn't a wide flat pan boil off more H2o quicker?

[@LumnahAcres]

It would but this 23 gallon pot is what we have. We don't want to go out and buy to much this year. It is nice that we can get another use out of this pot

[@littlewhitedory1]

Lumnah Acres Do I hear calls for a Lumnah Acres Lobster/Clam Bake? Lobsters and corn on the cobb came to mind when I saw your setup!

[@Katiegoodrow]

We got so much last week and now it's cold again and nothing! But It will lengthen the season I suppose.

[@LumnahAcres]

I bet it will start back up soon what state are you in?

[@singleman1986]

Sweet! (yeah, I know....easy pun). I'll have to try some birch. No Maples available.

[@LumnahAcres]

I bet birch syrup will be nice

[@mrsgbee]

Pancakes made with home laid eggs, home cured bacon and syrup, you need a cow for the cream :-)

[@drekfletch]

And wheat for the flour.

[@anitarussum4590]

drekfletch ...Al said he is allergic to cow milk, so they can pick up some if Gina or Olivia would like. But he said he doesn’t plan on cows At this time.

[@jodysappington7008]

thank you for sharing..enjoyed the video

[@yvencia1150]

Thank you for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CroakerOutdoors]

0:57 is how you lose fingers. Lift both the wood and hatchet then strike the ground together.

[@fredfabris7187]

It’s like Christmas when you find a heavy bucket

[@LumnahAcres]

it sure is! :)

[@fredfabris7187]

Lumnah Acres I just hauled in a few decent ones here in southern Wisconsin tonight. I’ve been tapping box elder trees. Got some nice syrup last year, hoping for more this season!🙂

[@tommythuntdeer]

That is so cool! Sweet!

[@alanharrison538]

Ythank you for your content.

[@lilbitatatime3763]

Another great helper ~ mama scooping off the scum. I bet those will be the best tasting pancake tomorrow!

[@AliCT814]

Hi, great video, thanks! How much propane did you use over the 8 hours?

[@LumnahAcres]

It took 1 20 pound tank to boil 19 gallons into a half gallon of syrup

[@kentcq]

Study your weights and measures. You got almost 1/2 gallon of syrup. That's more in line with boiling 17 gallons of sap. (8 pints to a gallon, FYI)

[@jasonpatterson8091]

Boiling with wood is traditional, and cheaper if you've got the wood, but propane is soooooooo much easier. It gets a little pricey once you hit several consecutive 40° days and the sap starts gushing out of the trees though.

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.....AL, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👨‍👩‍👧👸👕👓🐩🐔🐓🐥🐕🐖🐈🌱🐐🏡🎥👍👍👍

[@gavinhall3669]

Use as big a stirrer as possible. The more you boil it down the more dangerous the steam & syrup get. Oh & only 3rd today

[@mrb5111]

I think you need to make a bigger spoon. Probably best to keeping the boiling process out side to keep the stickiness off the walls.

[@thebovineavenger]

You are only getting a little sap from some of the trees because some of them are NOT tapped at angles. You CAN retap trees at this point in time. Just drill new holes at an ANGLE and then tap. The old holes will heal themselves so fast they wont interfere with the new taps.

[@bbnorthofnowhere4761]

YUM, sweet goodness to enjoy! Courage, Barbara in Maine

[@ahandmadehomestead]

Were those quart jars or pints? We just boiled down about 15-17 gallons of sap and only got 3 pints, so if they’re quarts I’m jealous!

[@LumnahAcres]

They were quart jars. I was surprised by how much we got too

[@JayBirdsDay]

Well done

[@paullmitchell6400]

Mmmmm... sticky delicious fun. Be sure to upload a pancake video :)

[@LumnahAcres]

Thanks, we will be! :)

[@colincharlton4537]

good job

[@colleenrodamer6230]

I can taste it from Texas

[@madampolo]

How long can you collect the sap? Do you only take as much sap as you need for your family's use?