PHOTOS BY DAVID LEE
Capital Region Independent Media
March 13, 2025
At the Farm at Miller’s Crossing in Claverack, the cold late winter weather has made for a relatively short maple syrup season. For the sap to flow, the days can be warm but nights must get below freezing. Katie Cashen says that they started collecting sap some time in late February. On Monday, March 9, the sap was running and finished syrup coming out of the evaporator in an almost steady stream. The forecast is for much warmer weather, and when the nights start getting above freezing, the sap will stop. The Farm at Miller’s Crossing has 3,000 taps and typically makes 500-600 gallons of syrup.
