4-H Maple Sugaring 101
Sign up soon, space is limited!
Location: The meetings will be online with the members from Penobscot, Piscataquis, and other Counties, followed by hands-on experience in your county.
Dates: There will be 3 online meetings:
6:00 pm Sunday, Feb. 7
6:00 pm Sunday, Feb. 14
6:00 pm Sunday, Feb. 28
The hands-on meeting days will depend on the weather and when the sap is running. In person meetings will be at the Mattakeunk Maple sugar house in Lee.
The 4-H Maple Sugaring 101 club will be limited to 10 members in Penobscot County, so enroll quickly if you can make a commitment to attend most of the meetings.
Youth will learn about tapping maple trees, gathering sap, boiling and bottling the finished syrup, and marketing the finished product.
If you are interested enroll here.
Thank you to the University of Maine Forestry Department for their support of this project.
Questions? For more information or a reasonable accommodation, please contact Sheila Norman, at sheila.norman@maine.edu or call 207.942.7396.
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