The sweetest season: Vermont Maple Open House Weekend

During the spring in Vermont, pancake breakfasts are a great way to raise funds for local organizations and are always a community favorite activity.Part of the fun of Vermont Maple Open House Weekend is getting to the sugarhouse.Typically, one travels on a dirt road and experiences first hand another popular Vermont time of year, Mud Season.Maple Open House Weekend at Shelburne Farms includes the 4-H Pancake Breakfast, maple activities and games in the sugarbush.Inside the sugarhouse, the maple syrup grades, Fancy, Medium Amber, Dark Amber and Grade B.This examiner prefers the darkest and strongest flavor Grade B.  Give them all a try and pick your favorite.One fun game determines if you can choose between real Vermont Maple Syrup and commercial maple flavored syrup.  Could you do it?View the list »
The Abel-Palmers of Shelburne checking for sap the old fashioned way at Burgess Sugarhouse, Underhill.

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Vermont Maple Open House Weekend takes place March 23 - 24, 2013.

Maple sugar producers all over the state open their sugarhouse, sugar bush and retail establishments to the public.

Please click on the Vermont Maple.org link for more information.

Begin your weekend by staying at Willey's Farm Bed & Breakfast, 5 Red Barn Road, Essex Junction.

Lynn Willey is known for her gracious hospitality and superb skills preparing sumptuous breakfasts for her guests.

Snow Hill Farm, 34 Snow Hill Lane, Westford, VT
44.611980438232 ; -73.01042175293

Saturday, March 23, hone your own culinary skills at "Mad about Maple" class at Cook Academy presented at Vermont Culinary Resort, a function of Essex Spa & Resort, Essex Junction.

Choose a maple sugarhouse or two, to visit from the VermontMaple.Org website.

Snow Hill Farm, 34 Snow Hill Road, Westford is on this examiners list.

Make an afternoon of it and pick up a picnic lunch at Sweet Clover Market or Phoenix Books, both at Essex Shoppes and Cinemas, Essex Junction.

Put sampling a few of the maple varieties at Boyden Valley Winery in Cambridge on the agenda, too.

Cheers, maple syrup shot in hand, that this information has sparked your travel plans!

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  • Maple Open House Weekend at Shelburne Farms includes the 4-H Pancake Breakfast, maple activities and games in the sugarbush.Inside the sugarhouse, the maple syrup grades, Fancy, Medium Amber, Dark Amber and Grade B.This examiner prefers the darkest and strongest flavor Grade B.  Give them all a try and pick your favorite.One fun game determines if you can choose between real Vermont Maple Syrup and commercial maple flavored syrup.  Could you do it?
  • Part of the fun of Vermont Maple Open House Weekend is getting to the sugarhouse.Typically, one travels on a dirt road and experiences first hand another popular Vermont time of year, Mud Season.
  • During the spring in Vermont, pancake breakfasts are a great way to raise funds for local organizations and are always a community favorite activity.
  • Lee Mayo of Colchester makes maple syrup and honey products the old fashioned way.  Mayo Farm, 395 Mayo Road, Colchester.Please contact him for the best way to buy his products.  Phone:  802-893-1410. 
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Pamela Palmer Jacobs grew up on a farm in East Thetford, VT. Many of her relatives, family & friends, also had farms. She learned to respect and appreciate the hardwork, commitment and satisfaction most farmers exhibit everyday. She's also lived in Boston & Philly, where in the city the...

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