Howell Farm - Quaker Ranter https://www.quakerranter.org A Weekly Newsletter and Blog from Martin Kelley Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:19:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.quakerranter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-qr-512.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Howell Farm - Quaker Ranter https://www.quakerranter.org 32 32 16720591 Maple sugaring at Howell Living History Farm https://www.quakerranter.org/40454/ https://www.quakerranter.org/40454/#respond Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:06:38 +0000 http://www.quakerranter.org/?p=40454 photo_25126572241_oYesterday the family traveled north of Trenton to a living history farm to learn about maple sugaring.The kids collected buckets of sap, practiced drilling a tap, watched the boiling off process in a “sugar shack,” cut firewood, and then—yes!—ate some pancakes with farm-made maple syrup.

Regular readers might remember a trip to Howell Farm last February, when the weather was cold enough for ice harvesting on the lake.

Yesterday’s visit was a muddy, soggy day and the lake was clear. But I think everyone had just as much fun. See more pics on our Flickr set:

Screen Shot 2016-02-25 at 10.08.55 AM

 

]]> https://www.quakerranter.org/40454/feed/ 0 40454