The New York State Maple Producers Association announced the 27th annual Maple Weekend which is actually two weekends, March 18-19 and 25-26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The New Lebanon Sap Sucker is not really open to the public but other operations around the county such as the Farm at Miller’s Crossing and Maple Leaf Sugaring in Ghent will be open. The New Lebanon site is a small operation tended by a group of friends who make syrup not for the market but for themselves and their families. Typically they make about 25 gallons in a season, from sap collected by truck from small maple groves around the town. Tom Evans (pictured testing the sugar content) was doing most of the work on Sunday, March 12. He said he got into the hobby because of the influence of his father Harold “Tank” Evans and Walter B. Howard. Photo by David Lee
