Students from The Children's House in Traverse City watch as maple syrup farmer Tom Casier prepares to tap a sugar maple. What a process! The children paid a visit to Casier's woodlot near Empire last week, where they meandered through the woods identifying sap-giving trees, followed the tap lines to the pump and delighted in the process that gives us maple syrup. Delicious!
The idea started with the bounty of another CSA pickup from Sweeter Song Farm overflowing my kitchen counter. What was I going to do with all these greens? Any ideas for arugula? I anticipate the weekly pickup with excitement and a tinge of guilt knowing that I don't always use up everything before the next Monday rolls around, despite my best intentions. I thought, wouldn't it be great to be able to ask other CSA'ers what they're doing with this week's pickup and have a place to share those suggestions?
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