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Bluebag Media
Visitors fill up on
waffles; learn about frontier life
GREENVILLE – The tables were full; the waffles huge and dozens of
volunteers kept the food flowing as approximately 400 visitors had
breakfast at Shawnee Prairie before heading out to see how the maple
syrup they enjoyed was being made.
According to Laura Schwieterman, Darke County Parks Coordinator, their
weekend total was about 650 visitors. The annual Maple Festival
included breakfast, regular half-hour tours, a visit to the “sugar
shack” where sap is boiled into syrup and visits to the Frontier Log
House and Blacksmith Shop.
“The event went really well,” said Schwieterman. “We had a lot of first
time visitors plus repeat visitors who were really interested in
learning how to make maple syrup.” She noted, depending on the type of
maple, it takes 40-50 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup.
“Boiling it down takes about 8-10 hours,” she added.
Parks volunteer Roger Brocious demonstrated the process in the “sugar
shack,” adding Mother Nature was in complete control regarding when
they can begin the process. “It takes cold nights and warm days,” he
said… “Freezing nights. Then once we have a consecutive number of warm
days, the sap stops...
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