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Spring
in Western Massachusetts so fresh with flowers budding and filled with
happy New Englanders glad to see the colors returning after the long
winters. You'll love to be here at this time of year when everyone
starts spending more time outdoors enjoying all there is to do in the
great state of Massachusetts.
March is Maple Syrup month. Enjoy this fresh New England product at one
of the many Maple Syrup restaurants here in Western Massachusetts. You
can watch the syrup being made and then enjoy it on your steaming hot
blueberry pancakes.
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"An
active, truly transitional rite of spring is to drive the valley
and hilltowns of Western Massachusetts to a sugarhouse breakfast
where the syrup runs like a river of sweet anticipation."
By David Maloof, Boston Globe Correspondent, 3/10/2002
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Western Massachusetts Farms that produce Maple Syrup |
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County |
Farms
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Berkshire County |
34 |
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Franklin County |
51 |
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Hampden County |
11 |
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Hampshire County
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84 |
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- Sixty
percent of Massachusetts maple syrup is sold retail by
farmers directly to consumers.
- It
takes 40 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of maple
syrup.
- Maple
sugaring season generally runs from late February through
early April, depending on the weather. Warm days and cold
nights start the sap running
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Visit
one of our many Farms:
SouthFaceFarm - Ashfield
High Hopes Farm in Worthington
Girouard's Sugar House - Huntington
Gray's Sugarhouse in Ashfield
Gould's Sugar House on Route 2 - Shelburne
May
usually brings about the Worlds Largest Pancake Breakfast competition in
downtown Springfield. Followed by the Arts Festival and the Taste
of Springfield where you can sample all the great foods that downtown
Springfield has to offer.
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