15th Maplefest 2008
New this year is the option of
Waffles with fruit and Maple Syrup! ......Yum!
Sheesham & Lotus were amazing on the first weekend. There is still lots of snow for the second weekend and on Friday the Newfoundland Dogs will be here.
Thanks to all who came out to MapleFest this year to help us welcome in spring. We have reviewed comments we have received on you draw entries. Look for a much bigger and better MapleFest 2009.
| Sheesham & Lotus |
March 15 |
10:00 to 3:30 |
| Lynn Hasson - Wool Spinning |
March 15 |
10:00 to 4:00 |
| Tree Tapping & Sugar Making |
March 15 |
All Day |
| Snow Canon |
March 16 |
After Toffee |
| Sheesham & Lotus |
March 16 |
10:00 to 3:30 |
| Tree Tapping & Sugar Making |
March 16 |
All Day |
| Michael Ketemer |
March 21 |
10:00 to 3:30 |
| Newfoundland Dog Cart Rides |
March 21 |
11:00 to 2:00 |
| Tree Tapping & Sugar Making |
March 21 |
all Day |
| Tree Tapping & Sugar Making |
March 22 |
All Day |
| Kid's Corral |
March 22 |
Noon to 3 |
| Michael Ketemer |
March 22 |
10:00 to 3:30 |
| The County Boys |
March 23 |
10:00 to 3:30 |
| Tree Tapping & Sugar Making |
March 23 |
All Day |
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March 23 |
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| Michael Ketemer |
March 29 |
10:00 to 3:30 |
| Tree Tapping & Sugar Making |
March 29 |
Pre-set Times |
| Kid's Corral |
March 29 |
After Toffee |
| The County Boys |
March 30 |
10:00 to 3:30 |
| Kid's Corral |
March 30 |
After Toffee |
| Tree Tapping & Sugar Making |
March 30 |
Pre-Set Times |
| Straw Pile |
All 6 Days |
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| Horse Drawn Hay Rides |
All 6 Days |
All Day |
| Snow Canon |
All 6 Days snow permitting |
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| Sugar making Demonstration |
All 6 Days |
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| Lions Pancake Breakfast |
All 6 Days |
9:30 to 3:30 |
| Tree Tapping Demonstrations |
All 6 Days |
Various times |
| Snowshoeing | Snow Permitting |
| March 15 | Deb Statton |
| March 16 | Bill Collins |
| March 21 | Noreen Goodloft |
| March 22 | Patrick Bothwell |
| March 23 | Elizabeth Daifallah |
| March 29 | James Auchterlonie |
| March 30 | Carmen McDonald |
Bush with informative
sign posts to learn about Maple Syrup Making - from start to
finish and beyond. As a point of interest, all of our maple sap
is collected by hand. No modern pipelines are found on our farm.
McLean's Sugar Bush is an essential part of our working farm. We tap about 1300 trees and collect all of our sap by hand, about 15,000 gallons by the time the season is finished. It is said you can't make syrup without mud and when we drive over the ground with machinery as the frost is coming out - it does get muddy. Bring along a pair of boots.
McLean's Farm Market will be open serving hot drinks Maple Syrup, Maple Baking, Maple Sugar, Maple Butter, Fudge, Maple Popcorn, Hot Chili and fresh bread, Hot Apple Cider. The wood stove is on. Dine in the open air or eat your pancakes in the comfort of our Market while tapping your foot to some old time fiddle music.
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