Maple Season (25 images)

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  • Steam spills out from the top of the Hager Brothers Maple Farm sugar house in Colrain, MA on March 8, 2010. Every year from late February through early April, farmers all over Massachusetts take to the woods with buckets, tubing and drills to gather the sap from sugar maple trees, boiling it down to pure maple syrup.

  • Farmer Chip Hager adds wood to the fire as he boils maple sap in the Hager Brothers Maple Farm sugar house in Colrain, MA on March 8, 2010. Every year from late February through early April, farmers all over Massachusetts take to the woods with buckets, tubing and drills to gather the sap from sugar maple trees, boiling it down to pure maple syrup.

  • Farmer Chip Hager boils maple sap in the Hager Brothers Maple Farm sugar house in Colrain, MA on March 8, 2010. Every year from late February through early April, farmers all over Massachusetts take to the woods with buckets, tubing and drills to gather the sap from sugar maple trees, boiling it down to pure maple syrup.

  • Farmer Stacy Boron checks the density of maple syrup in the Hager Brothers Maple Farm sugar house in Colrain, MA on March 8, 2010. Every year from late February through early April, farmers all over Massachusetts take to the woods with buckets, tubing and drills to gather the sap from sugar maple trees, boiling it down to pure maple syrup.

  • Farmer Chip Hager moves drums of fresh maple syrup in the Hager Brothers Maple Farm sugar house in Colrain, MA on March 8, 2010. Every year from late February through early April, farmers all over Massachusetts take to the woods with buckets, tubing and drills to gather the sap from sugar maple trees, boiling it down to pure maple syrup.

  • Farmer Chip Hager works in the Hager Brothers Maple Farm sugar house in Colrain, MA on March 8, 2010. Every year from late February through early April, farmers all over Massachusetts take to the woods with buckets, tubing and drills to gather the sap from sugar maple trees, boiling it down to pure maple syrup.

  • Farmer Chip Hager adds wood to the fire as he boils maple sap in the Hager Brothers Maple Farm sugar house in Colrain, MA on March 8, 2010. Every year from late February through early April, farmers all over Massachusetts take to the woods with buckets, tubing and drills to gather the sap from sugar maple trees, boiling it down to pure maple syrup.

  • The Hager Brothers Maple Farm in Colrain, MA is pictured on March 8, 2010. Every year from late February through early April, farmers all over Massachusetts take to the woods with buckets, tubing and drills to gather the sap from sugar maple trees, boiling it down to pure maple syrup.






  • Fresh Maple Syrup is bottled at South Face Farm Sugarhouse, in Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA on 10 March 2010. Every year from late February through early April, farmers all over New England take to the woods with buckets, tubing and drills to gather the sap from sugar maple trees, boiling it down to pure maple syrup. Annual maple syrup production in Massachusetts alone is about 50,000 gallons, worth over 2 million dollars to the farmers who produce it.

  • Steam rises from the roof as fresh Maple Syrup is made at South Face Farm Sugarhouse, in Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA on 10 March 2010. Every year from late February through early April, farmers all over New England take to the woods with buckets, tubing and drills to gather the sap from sugar maple trees, boiling it down to pure maple syrup. Annual maple syrup production in Massachusetts alone is about 50,000 gallons, worth over 2 million dollars to the farmers who produce it.

  • The license plate on a van owned by Maple syrup producer Tom McCrumm, of South Face Farm Sugarhouse, in Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA is pictured on 10 March 2010. Every year from late February through early April, farmers all over New England take to the woods with buckets, tubing and drills to gather the sap from sugar maple trees, boiling it down to pure maple syrup. Annual maple syrup production in Massachusetts alone is about 50,000 gallons, worth over 2 million dollars to the farmers who produce it.


  • Maple Syrup samples, showing the different grades of syrup, are pictured on display at South Face Farm Sugarhouse, in Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA on 10 March 2010. Every year from late February through early April, farmers all over New England take to the woods with buckets, tubing and drills to gather the sap from sugar maple trees, boiling it down to pure maple syrup. Annual maple syrup production in Massachusetts alone is about 50,000 gallons, worth over 2 million dollars to the farmers who produce it.






  • Tom McCrumm, owner of South Face Farm Sugarhouse, boils down maple sap to make fresh maple syrup in Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA on 10 March 2010. Every year from late February through early April, farmers all over New England take to the woods with buckets, tubing and drills to gather the sap from sugar maple trees, boiling it down to pure maple syrup. Annual maple syrup production in Massachusetts alone is about 50,000 gallons, worth over 2 million dollars to the farmers who produce it.

  • An old fashioned maple sap collection bucket hangs on a maple tree outside South Face Farm Sugarhouse in Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA on 10 March 2010. Every year from late February through early April, farmers all over New England take to the woods with buckets, tubing and drills to gather the sap from sugar maple trees, boiling it down to pure maple syrup. Many farms use less and less of the low-tech buckets each year as plastic tubing and pumping technology improves. Annual maple syrup production in Massachusetts alone is about 50,000 gallons, worth over 2 million dollars to the farmers who produce it.

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