First maple bush tapping this weekend

The tap lines are almost in place, the bush has been cleared, and now it’s up to Mother Nature to determine what kind of a season maple syrup producers will have.
Dave Matthews, of Matthews Maple Syrup in Powassan, said there probably won’t be any fresh maple syrup available for the First Tapping Ceremony Saturday, but there is some left from last year.
The operation, at 239 Ski Hill Road in Powassan – about six kilometres west of the Highway 11 turnoff to Highway 534 – w