maple syrup
March 21: old-fashioned maple sugar festival at the Discover Center
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Kathy Claflin for the information in this story.) There will be an old time maple sugar festival at the Discovery Center on March 21 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. It’s time for that traditional rite … Read more
Meet Jane Kelly, a vendor at the Wednesday Bushel Basket Farmers Market
By Elizabeth Richardson Nothing is sweeter than the taste of maple syrup from local Michigan trees. Jane and John Kelly started over 10 years ago what they thought would be just a little hobby tapping sugar maple trees and making … Read more
March 8: mark your calendars for Big 400 Maple Festival
It’s maple syrup time, and the communities of The Big 400 are teaming up to celebrate maple syruping in southern Michigan with a festival on Saturday, March 8. The festival includes pancake breakfasts, tours of tapping areas and the syruping … Read more
This weekend: Old-Time Maple Sugar Festival at the Discovery Center
Maple syrup and maple tree tapping awaits you this weekend during the “Old-Time Maple Sugar Festival” that takes place Saturday and Sunday, March 9-10 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Gerald E. Eddy Discovery Center in Sylvan Township. On Saturday, … Read more
Yum: some maple syrup trivia
(And, coming soon, is a story about H & H Sugarbush, a Sylvan Township maple syrup business owned by Kirk and Michelle Hedding, whose products can be purchased at the Saturday Chelsea Farmers’ Market.) “Tis the season for local (and … Read more
The Big 400 has a special maple syrup weekend planned March 9-10
On March 9-10, the communities that make up The Big 400 – towns in the 400 square miles encompassing the Waterloo and Pinkney Recreation Areas – are teaming up to celebrate maple syruping in southern Michigan with a series of … Read more