Their front yard boasted seven regal sugar maples, and I’d help ferry buckets of the clear, watery sap ... 2′ to 4′ above the ground and tilted upward at a slight, 5-degree angle. 2. Tap the tree. 3.

He dipped a cup into the tin bucket hanging from the sunlit south side of the tree and ladled out some cool, clear sap, sloshing a bit on the ground in the process, and then stuck a hydrometer ...