Sugar High from Trees!

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  • čas přidán 28. 03. 2022
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    We collect maple sap from maple trees on this off grid property and turn it into delicious granulated maple sugar similar to cane sugar or brown sugar, but tasting very sweet and very much like maple flavored candy.
    I'll show you how to tap a tree, talk about the right conditions for sap flow, the concentration of sugar in sap, how we collect and boil the sap from start to finish! I'll show you how maple syrup is made using a cheap homemade evaporator!
    I'll show you have to make a homemade maple syrup evaporator for cheap or FREE!
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  • @ModernSelfReliance
    @ModernSelfReliance  Před 2 lety +9

    The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/modernselfreliance03221

  • @FreezyAbitKT7A
    @FreezyAbitKT7A Před 2 lety +6

    When the kids were in the scouts, we visited our local Ojibwe community while they were boiling down sap. Birch makes a great beverage.

  • @troybranaman316
    @troybranaman316 Před 2 lety +24

    Its great that you showed the different trees in the beginning. Is there a better maple tree then others for making syrup. I know we have alot of what we call sugar maple trees around here in Indiana. Great video as always Kevin! Take care and stay safe my friend!

    • @ADayToLong
      @ADayToLong Před 2 lety +8

      All maple trees will produce delicious syrup. Sugar maples are ideal because they have more sugar in their sap which in turn means a better yield of syrup and less boiling. I only have red maples on my property which requires a bit more sap to get syrup and has a slightly different taste but still amazing. Sugar maples usually need 40 gallons of sap for 1 gallon of syrup. Red maples are second best with 45 to 50:1.

    • @tahroy28
      @tahroy28 Před 2 lety +2

      Two Troy's yo

  • @robertnorman2333
    @robertnorman2333 Před 2 lety +9

    Good morning Kevin, watching you boil down maple sap into syrup bring back very found memoirs for me, my dad use to take us kids out to the maple shacks during sugar season, and lets us help and watch the process, plus we got to eat the hot maple syrup on snow and also maple sugar candies, thank you for bring back those great memories, Health and happiness to you and your family, take care Don, Peace my Brother.

  • @Palinkat
    @Palinkat Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks a mil Kevin for the tree talks and the sugar making process. My dad was a tree lover and he used to love identifying them for fun with me when I was a kid.
    Trying to do the same with my son now, passing on the torch I guess.

  • @conniedemchenko3860
    @conniedemchenko3860 Před 2 lety +6

    I was waiting for you to identify an oak tree 🙂. Great video 👍🏻

    • @ModernSelfReliance
      @ModernSelfReliance  Před 2 lety +4

      I have No Oak.. Unfortunately It's one of the species I'm going to be reintroducing.

  • @nicholaskarako5701
    @nicholaskarako5701 Před 2 lety +3

    Yep the possibilities of the goodies you can make with maple syrup and sugar is endless. If you have pecan or walnut trees on your property just imagine the maple brittle candy you can make. Apparently the difference between making maple seafoam and honeycomb candy one has vinegar a baking soda the other just the soda.

  • @conjigalo
    @conjigalo Před 2 lety +4

    This was a great video! I love all the information you shared my man. Especially to someone who isn’t from Canada. Plus it’s always a treat to see Don. Best wishes from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @debramorris7646
    @debramorris7646 Před 2 lety +2

    You are a kid in a candy shop for sure!!! loved the education on different trees!

  • @dyannejohnson6184
    @dyannejohnson6184 Před 2 lety +2

    I’m so thankful, so very thankful, I can enjoy your projects

  • @aelandra2698
    @aelandra2698 Před 2 lety +8

    Such a wonderful thing to learn Kevin! Thank you for teaching and showing us the keys differences to look for to obtain that maple goodness! Keep up the great work on the channel and its always a delight to see the family enjoying the spoils of the craft. 😊

  • @virginiarocks
    @virginiarocks Před 2 lety +2

    Oh man. That’s so cool. Glad you got to make that this year.

  • @blacklyon2237
    @blacklyon2237 Před 2 lety +1

    Bro, I just love you! Please don't stop making vods. You are so entertaining.

  • @TroyGabe
    @TroyGabe Před 2 lety +1

    The gifts from God so many don't know the gift from trees there not just wood. You are vary Knowledgeable. Thank for all your time you give us filming, working, you do so much for our Entertainment. Thank you

  • @laurenciachew2561
    @laurenciachew2561 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow...what s wonderful world it is👈👈👈maple 🍁 syrup boiled down from sap to pancake 🥞 syrup to now you boys are making it into maple sugar for long storage👈👈👈what a fantastic idea. I m sure you boys enjoyed the process just by watching it turns into the final product 👍👍👍, good job and well done!!!💋❤️🇸🇬

  • @portugalonawingandaprayer473

    Hazel ☘️ …
    Oh boy what a fantastic tutorial Kev !
    Maple syrup on pancakes … oh my … but maple sugar definitely is taking this to the next level !
    Yummmy yum yum 😋
    🙏☘️😘

  • @janetnewbill291
    @janetnewbill291 Před 2 lety +1

    Your daughter and wife are so pretty!! I wish I had maple trees!

  • @RobertDeFreitas
    @RobertDeFreitas Před 2 lety +1

    You wanted that second scoop, I could see it in your eyes! Great vid!

  • @artfx9
    @artfx9 Před 2 lety +3

    When you put it in your mouth, LSD hippy music started playing in my head.

  • @josepimann7384
    @josepimann7384 Před 2 lety +3

    That looks delicious
    I know a fella who taps 300 000 trees. Uses pumps and huge vats to boil down the syrup. Then cans and bottles it right on site.
    He also makes and sells various candies made from syrup. I over indulged in the sugar cookies and can't eat em now. Too good. Too sweet.

  • @alexkasacous
    @alexkasacous Před 2 lety +1

    Oh sugar, sugar mmmm maple syrup season is here again.

  • @jacquelinewells7575
    @jacquelinewells7575 Před 2 lety +4

    That was so neat to watch. Never knew you could do that. Your wife is gonna want a bunch now to have for baking. Good to see her and your daughter in the video. Never knew you had that many different trees on your property or your surroundings.

  • @letzrockitrite8469
    @letzrockitrite8469 Před 2 lety +1

    Your daughter is such a little Mini-Me of YOU.... so cute and smart... good job pops !.... sweet video too eh?

  • @coventrywildeheart7108
    @coventrywildeheart7108 Před 2 lety +3

    Looked amazingly tasty. Many thanks for sharing the joy of harvesting and creating a natural treat.

  • @donnie2533
    @donnie2533 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video glad you posted keep them coming thanks

  • @judithparsons1920
    @judithparsons1920 Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent. Loved seeing the family!

  • @Deadhead.64
    @Deadhead.64 Před 2 lety +2

    Kevin & Don - I have been delightfully hanging out with you two amazing fellas, albeit virtually, for the last couple years. I would gladly diagnose myself with a clinically defined MSR addiction! You two are a fine tuned machine and truly entertaining...AND informative! I love the way Kevin's brain works, constantly birthing new projects, then engaging the "16 Cylinder Don Engine" and away we go!
    I'm a textbook CZcams Viewer, but rarely a Commenter. However, I felt compelled to share the sheer joy I experienced for 44 glorious seconds (20:44 to 21:28)!!! I still can't wipe the smile off my face! I'm going to save this little 44 second gem and keep it in my "Video Medicine Cabinet." This is a small but immensely valuable collection of clips I watch when I find myself in a bad way and need an uplifiting mojo session.
    Stay safe and keep up the fantastic work! I am so glad to be the beneficiary of your energy and efforts, thank you for sharing your life with all of us!

  • @gbthecamper458
    @gbthecamper458 Před 2 lety +3

    Great video Kevin. Heard on Maple Sugar but seeing it masses was a indeed a learning experience. Enjoy your hard work.

  • @russellwatters5891
    @russellwatters5891 Před 2 lety +2

    That's far to many trees to try and keep track of, I'd rather just remember the 3 or 4 here in Florida. Pine trees, Palm trees, Oak trees, and Money trees...😂😅 Love what you're doing ❤️

  • @cakesbywen
    @cakesbywen Před 2 lety

    so good to see the family. and TY this was great!!

  • @treysgranty5643
    @treysgranty5643 Před 2 lety

    This channel is always informative.

  • @MangledGuitars
    @MangledGuitars Před 2 lety +1

    mid week entertainment and an education ! thanks Kev

  • @ronaldcline1235
    @ronaldcline1235 Před 2 lety +1

    I think I am maple sugar envious, nice going.

  • @media1groupDC
    @media1groupDC Před 2 lety

    Used Poplar to make spoon rack for my college sweetheart at LSU in 201 elective class lol. Appreciate you knowledge and respect for mother nature brother! All our best!

  • @TiaraPoodles
    @TiaraPoodles Před 2 lety +1

    Fantastic episode Kevin!

  • @doc1time75
    @doc1time75 Před 2 lety +1

    I enjoyed this. Great job.

  • @MrRebar15
    @MrRebar15 Před 2 lety +2

    *Modern self reliance* Bravo well done, I learned something new today. Thank-you sir for always taking the time to bring us along. God Bless.

  • @fiendeng
    @fiendeng Před 2 lety +2

    Really appreciate all the tree knowledge!
    A few of my taps this year are just 3 inch lengths of bamboo and a string holding up a 2 litre soda bottle 😆 working beautifully

  • @paulherman5198
    @paulherman5198 Před 2 lety +1

    That was an awesome video. Now I want to try some maple sugar for my coffee.

  • @Jodi_lynn
    @Jodi_lynn Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for showing the different trees in the beginning! I watch you with my 11 year old son and he says you always teach him something.

  • @fionawalker4601
    @fionawalker4601 Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome vid I love maple syrup ❤️from New Zealand 🇳🇿

  • @seafieldgrant6957
    @seafieldgrant6957 Před 2 lety

    Very good video, lots of info . thank you

  • @jingocat6920
    @jingocat6920 Před rokem

    Maple syrup is “nectar of the gods,” as Dad would say. He made pancakes for every Sunday night supper-feeding himself, Ma, eight kids, and our Irish grandfather. A tribe! To this day, my sibs and I wax poetic at mention of maple syrup. Rock on!

  • @saner6888
    @saner6888 Před 2 lety +1

    🤣LMAO!! That stuffs CRAZY good! Loved this one! ( did you say Spruce have pine needles?)🤣

  • @mybuddyme8694
    @mybuddyme8694 Před 2 lety +1

    A video during the week heck yeah!!

  • @dyannejohnson6184
    @dyannejohnson6184 Před 2 lety

    Thank goodness your sharing with us your wonderful personality

  • @kingrafa3938
    @kingrafa3938 Před 2 lety +1

    That was amazing.

  • @jaymeswheeler
    @jaymeswheeler Před 2 lety +2

    I love the show. Bizarre building the strangers construction. It's always so sweet

  • @JasonDavey710
    @JasonDavey710 Před 2 lety

    Awesome content! thanks

  • @rainydayzcraft
    @rainydayzcraft Před 2 lety +1

    Is this a maple tree?😅 You are a beautiful person! I enjoy this so much.

  • @tii2015
    @tii2015 Před 2 lety

    LOVE IT!

  • @chrisread6103
    @chrisread6103 Před 2 lety +2

    Hi Kevin. Another interesting video. Thanks.

  • @chrisbocker2255
    @chrisbocker2255 Před 2 lety

    Great episode,

  • @allancunningham6019
    @allancunningham6019 Před 2 lety +1

    Brilliant 👏

  • @stevenperkins1255
    @stevenperkins1255 Před 2 lety

    I really enjoyed watching you make maple syrup learning about all the different types of trees I really like this video please make more videos 😃😃😃

  • @YAHWEHtoHELL
    @YAHWEHtoHELL Před 2 lety +2

    Awesome, you put a video out, well on a Wednesday for me. Happy see one of your vids show up 👍

  • @andrewallason4530
    @andrewallason4530 Před 2 lety

    When I was a kid we lived for a couple of years on the edge of the Beaver Valley, near Markdale, we got to make maple syrup with a couple of neighbours. Their setup was a 44 gallon drum over a brick firebox.
    As an Aussie, it was a pretty awesome experience. NOTHING in this world is better than maple syrup.

  • @lindapetersen1800
    @lindapetersen1800 Před 2 lety +1

    Kevin DON HOW IS IT GOING FOR YOU??? Both of you are sugared on up now!!! Love my maple sugar that I have in my house !!! I have some molds that are maple leaves OLD ONES and I will pour some of the maple sugar into them and have them as candies around the house then !!!

  • @bj.roberts6410
    @bj.roberts6410 Před 2 lety +1

    Great knowledge with trees and syrup....I'm guessing mostly from trial and error....fun video

  • @AlChafeMYBACKSTEP
    @AlChafeMYBACKSTEP Před 2 lety +3

    That was amazing, I love the way you made that, I have maple trees all around my house but unfortunately they are small, don't think they would be able to provide enough sap for much at all

  • @sshaw4429
    @sshaw4429 Před 2 lety

    Drinking it straight out of the tree is the most amazing drink there is. “Sugar Bob” out of Vermont makes GREAT maple syrup……AMAZING. I think it’s the best there is.

  • @7youngke
    @7youngke Před 2 lety

    Very cool!

  • @margueritemitchell1829
    @margueritemitchell1829 Před 2 lety +1

    Hello from British Columbia Canada
    🇨🇦👍👋♥️maple sugar kettle popcorn

  • @halinawiecek2297
    @halinawiecek2297 Před 2 lety +1

    The sugar look delicious thank you for video.

  • @crabbyturtle1594
    @crabbyturtle1594 Před 2 lety

    What an ending! 🤣🤣 maple sugar monster

  • @emariaenterprises
    @emariaenterprises Před 2 lety

    LOL! I Knew you were going to say that !!!! Because It has buckets hanging all over it... LOL!

  • @terriwilson511
    @terriwilson511 Před 2 lety +1

    That’s awesome. Yummy

  • @comicsgatekeeper9746
    @comicsgatekeeper9746 Před 2 lety

    I loved the tree education part.

  • @marcdallaire2405
    @marcdallaire2405 Před 2 lety

    A true Canuck! Awesome video! 🇨🇦🇨🇦

  • @jingocat6920
    @jingocat6920 Před rokem

    Truly excellent video. Chock full of great information. “C” was waiting for you to identify oak. Here, in our pocket of New England, we are entirely surrounded by oaks. However, a neighbor down the road has a small stand of maples. I see the buckets every March. I should make friends and learn. Thank you for your videos!

  • @taxalterror
    @taxalterror Před 2 lety

    It looked well good. nice to see all enjoying the sugar. :)

  • @tr1916
    @tr1916 Před 2 lety

    A maple tree will always have opposite arrangement of its new branches (best way to know in spring / winter) a red maple will have large red buds that swell in the spring where the
    Sugar maple will have small and sharp buds

  • @tWoforgamenot1
    @tWoforgamenot1 Před 2 lety +1

    she's a sweet heart :) cool kid

  • @swr420
    @swr420 Před 2 lety

    Pretty cool.

  • @asaga2035
    @asaga2035 Před 2 lety

    Oh that’s amazing I wish we had the same trees

  • @50shadesofgreen
    @50shadesofgreen Před 2 lety +1

    A diabetics nightmare 😆😆😆 !! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience !! 🙏💚👍🇬🇧......Simon

  • @elsie9649
    @elsie9649 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for the info as well as the humour. These girls are very cute.

  • @familypve4029
    @familypve4029 Před 2 lety

    other alternative video titles - "Being Canadian 101" and "Sugar Coma in the woods with Kevin" XD

  • @BanditGirl61
    @BanditGirl61 Před 2 lety

    Love my Birch trees on our five acres, chaga tea is a must..

  • @private15
    @private15 Před 2 lety +2

    I love brown sugar and lemon juice on my pancakes. I would love to try maple sugar and lemon juice. 😍

  • @stevebrown4294
    @stevebrown4294 Před 2 lety +1

    Surprise Tuesday video Kevin? What got into ya? 😂

  • @michaelcox609
    @michaelcox609 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the lesson. I'll keep that in my memory bank.

  • @allensummers7905
    @allensummers7905 Před 2 lety

    😂😂 oh the end of the video was a hoot 🤣🤣

  • @ws4860
    @ws4860 Před 2 lety

    Your video contents get better and better. May be they will give you your own tv show soon :D

  • @jimsoltner8978
    @jimsoltner8978 Před 2 lety

    That was very cool. You got a lot of syrup too. Regards from South Jersey

  • @emariaenterprises
    @emariaenterprises Před 2 lety +1

    My Father told me that my Grandfather made maple cream..... he had a rotating paddle in it as it boiled.... I don't live that far north now..Sugar Maple trees are sort of rare here.... but maybe someday I'll have sugar Maples again.

  • @johnspellman7531
    @johnspellman7531 Před 2 lety

    Great video learn something new every day keep teaching

  • @jamiesmith1293
    @jamiesmith1293 Před 2 lety +1

    my goodness man watching u eat a whole spoon full made my mouth ache and well water at the same time im gonna try it ill let ya know wow p.s. love the content

  • @sandratweedale2579
    @sandratweedale2579 Před 2 lety

    Oh my your daughter is adorable 🥰

  • @Kyharra
    @Kyharra Před 2 lety

    I hope one day I'll be able to try some homemade maple syrup I've still never tried store brought either lol so I'll start with that

  • @EmpatheticOne
    @EmpatheticOne Před 2 lety

    Really enjoyed the avatar type comment at the end. Inject trees lol

  • @bigdsperformance
    @bigdsperformance Před 2 lety +2

    I didn't know you had so many types of trees! I figured it was just pine and maple there lol

  • @donnamealy4877
    @donnamealy4877 Před 2 lety +1

    Jeez,Kev. Any tree NOT grow in Canada? 😄. This was a great video. Thanks for making it!

    • @ModernSelfReliance
      @ModernSelfReliance  Před 2 lety +1

      I forgot White Pine on this property.. there are many many different species. OAK... Sub species.. Norway Maple, Blue Spruce.... I could go on forever!

  • @ArielleViking
    @ArielleViking Před 2 lety

    Really neat video and great information. Fullstop.

  • @olyman63
    @olyman63 Před 2 lety

    awesome show yummy

  • @tWoforgamenot1
    @tWoforgamenot1 Před 2 lety +1

    your up all night lol ;)

  • @pierrrejette9023
    @pierrrejette9023 Před 2 lety

    Maple butter is my favorite

  • @lindysmith13
    @lindysmith13 Před 2 lety

    you would make a great teacher on skillshare.

  • @thedon7766
    @thedon7766 Před 2 lety +1

    You should do a video of you tapping the other trees and trying the syrup

  • @lostpony4885
    @lostpony4885 Před 2 lety

    My young maple is about 1.5" diameter. Looking forward to this in 100 years