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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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