PHOTOS FROM VERMONT
Making syrup, March 2006

To read more about the syrup-making process, read Elliott Brack's reports from March 28 and March 31.

Amid the steam at Red Rock Farm, Henry Edmunds Jr. and daughter, Casey, pull off the newly-made honey from the evaporator.

The Fox Hill Maple Farm Sugarhouse of the Howrigan family of Fairfield, Vt.

Raymond and Ben Howrigan in their sugarhouse near Fairfield, Vt.

Cooking off the maple sap at Fox Hill Maple Farm

Note tap from maple tree feeds to small line; larger lines are collector lines for maple sap

Sam and Raymond Howrigan discuss maple syrupmaking

Ryan Howrigan pulls a sample of maple syrup from newly-filled drum