Local Sugarmakers to Host Two Maple Open House Weekends
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Free, Self-Guided Tour of Sugarhouses Scheduled for March 20&21 and March 27&28
Greenwich – The Upper Hudson Maple Producers Association will once again host Maple Open House Weekend to two weekends, March 20-21 and March 27-28, allowing the public to take a free tour of area sugarhouses and see maple syrup made first-hand.
Click on www.upperhudsonmaple.com for complete information about the event.
“We’re inviting area families to come and experience first-hand the sights, smells and sounds of maple sugarmaking,” said David Campbell, a Salem producer and president of the Upper Hudson Maple Producers Association.
“The event has been so successful we have expanded it to two weekends, giving folks more opportunity to come visit sugarhouses,” he said.
Signs will be placed along roadsides over the course of the weekend to direct motorists to the sugarhouses. The sugarhouses will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
Most sugarhouses will offer samples and demonstrations. Many of the locations will be serving pancakes breakfasts as well.
Sugarhouses participating in the event are located throughout Washington, Warren, Saratoga, Rensselaer, Fulton and Hamilton Counties.
The sugarhouses are:
Mapleland Farms, Salem 854-7669
Dry Brook Sugarhouse, Salem, 854-7858
Sugar Mill Farm, Greenwich, 692-2486
Grottoli’s, Middle Granville, 642-2856
Highland Maple Farm, Argyle, 638-8586
Rathbun’s Maple Sugarhouse, North Granville, 642-1799
Valley Road Maple, Thurman, 623-9783
Adirondack Gold Maple Farm, Athol, 623-9718
Toad Hill Maple Farm, Thurman, 623-4744
Maple Valley Farm, Corinth, 654-9752 *
Mud Road Sugarhouse, Ephratah, 863-6313
Frasier Sugar Shack, Lasselville, 568-7438 *
Kent’s Sugarhouse, Berlin, 658-2134 *
McComb’s Oak Hill Maple Farm, Speculator, 548-6105
Nightingale’s Maple Farm, Galway, 882-9334
Peaceful Valley Maple Farms, Johnstown, 762-0491
* Indicates that Sugarhouse is open only the weekend of March 27-28.
Unless noted, all sugarhouses are open both March 20-21 and 27-28.
A tree tapping ceremony to kick-off the event will be held on Friday, March 19, at 12;30 p.m. at Dry Brook Sugarhouse in Salem with State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker and local dignitaries.
Maple season generally runs to early April. The Upper Hudson region is among the biggest syrup producing regions in the state.
The Upper Hudson Maple Producers Association is the regional trade group representing nearly all of the maple syrup producers in the Upper Hudson Valley. To find more information about local sugarmaking, go to www.upperhudsonmaple.com.
