We sugar at the whim of the weather.

***Due to a splash of wintery weather coming in this weekend, we have decided to postpone our Molley Chomper event from Saturday March 12 to Saturday March 19. We hope to see you on the 19th from 3-6 for syrup, hard cider, and hard cider made with syrup!***

Red maple in bloom marks the end of our season.

On Friday, March 4th, the last drops of sap were boiled off from that week’s sap run to end the 2022 maple syrup season here on Waterfall Farm. With temperatures soaring in the upper 60s and the red maples breaking bud and beginning to bloom, it was time to call it a year. The season was short and sweet. The freezes and thaws came like clockwork for 32 days and in the final tally we totaled 84.25 gallons of delicious maple syrup. Once again our beautiful maple trees shared their sweet sap with us to boil into precious syrup and for that, we are grateful.

With the addition of the reverse osmosis machine to our tool kit, we are proud to say we reduced our carbon footprint this year by two thirds! Last year, without RO, we made 85 gallons of syrup and we burned 6 cords of wood to boil it down. This year we made almost exactly the same amount of syrup but it required only 2 cords of wood. We can’t wait to not cut so much firewood going forward!

Michael and Sara boiling and bottling syrup.

We have refrained from selling syrup during our sugar making season this year. We are so consumed with the work of making syrup, that we have learned over the years that we don’t have time to properly turn our attention to moving syrup out the door. Now that we have boiled our last for the year, we are ready to start sending syrup in your direction!

Our first syrup availability will be an in-person event at Molley Chomper cidery in Lansing, NC on Saturday March *19th from 3-6. Please note that this is a NEW date for this event! Due to inclement weather on our original date of Saturday March 12th, we’ve decided to postpone till the following weekend, Saturday March 19th from 3-6 pm. We hope to see you there!

We are also excited to announce our online syrup release date which will be Sunday March 20th at 3pm.