Chillier temps slow sap but can't cool interest at Maple Sugaring Days
If you want the weather report, just ask the volunteer naturalists at the Forest Preserve District of Kane County's annual Maple Sugaring Days.
If the maple sap is running, it's a warm March day like Saturday. If the sap stops dripping from the trees, it's cold like Sunday.
Despite the difference in temperature and conditions over the weekend, hundreds learned the history of how maple syrup is made at the Creek Bend Nature Center in LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles.
Visitors listened as naturalists explain the steps involved in collecting sap from the trees, and then got the chance to practice drilling a tree, handling a spile and even tasting the fresh sap.
Even though Sunday's cold weather slowed the flow of sap from trees at Kane County's annual Maple Sugaring Days in St. Charles, people still came out to learn how maple syrup is made. Visitors listened as naturalists explain the steps involved in collecting sap from the trees, and then got the chance to practice drilling a tree, handling a spile and even tasting the fresh sap.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
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