Episode 140: Maple Season Secrets

About this episode

The episode explores the complexities of maple syrup production during challenging seasonal conditions with expert Jeff Wagner.

Yellow sap in your bucket can feel like a panic moment, and it’s exactly the kind of mystery we love digging into. We sit down with Jeff Wagner of Wagner Maple Products, a working Ontario maple syrup producer, to sort out what’s normal, what’s a warning sign, and what’s really happening inside the tree when winter and spring don’t behave the way they used to. We talk through the on-the-ground realities of a tough sugar season: tapping and fixing lines in four feet of snow, chasing leaks, and...

People in this episode

Guest: Jeff Wagner

Topics covered

• maple syrup production
• seasonal changes
• tapping trees
• sugar season challenges
• nature
• agriculture

Keywords

• maple syrup
• tapping
• sugar season
• Ontario
• Wagner Maple Products
• winter
• spring
• sap

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wagner Maple Products

Places: Ontario

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