TAP
TAP A
TAP A MAPLE. HER FIRST BOOK WAS ABOUT LOBSTERING.
>>4@ ABOUT TWO SEASONS GOOD, AN
FATHER, TERRY, STARTED TAPPING
MAPLES.
AFTER HE RETIRED FROM THE MILL
IN LINCOLN AFTER ABOUT 40 4@
YEARS, HE DECIDED TO DO THAT.
AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW WOULD SEND
IN LINCOLN AFTER ABOUT 40 4@ YEARS, HE DECIDED TO DO THAT. AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW WOULD SEND@
ME PICKS THROUGH TEXT.
AND WE HAD BEEN TAKING 4@PICTUR
OF MY FATHER-IN-LAW TEACHING MY
TWO OLDEST 4@KIDS HOW TO TAP
MAPLE.
SO THERE IT WAS.
>> AND YOU TH4@OUGHT I 4@CAN TU
THIS INTO A 4@CHILDREN'S BOOK A
AN INTERESTING STORY.
>> YES.
MY HUSBAND BEEN IN THE NFL FOR
OVER A DECADE AND TRAVELING
AROUND THE COUNTRY, I GREW UP
IN MAINE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW
MANY CONNECTIONS EVEN ACROSS
THE 4@COUNTRY THAT PEOPLE HAVE
MAPLE SYRUP.
I JUST REALLY 4@ -- I FEEL SO
BLESSED THAT WE COULD BE A PART
OF PRESERVING THE LIVELIHOODS
OF THAT BEEN HERE FOR 4@
GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS IN
MAINE 4@AND THE AGRICULTURE THA
WE'RE BASED ON.
>> BOOK TAKES 4@THE TWO
CHARACTERS, THE TWO CHILDREN,
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT IT
IS LIKE TO TAP MAPLE 4@TREES AN
GET THE SAP, BOIL IT AND TURN
INTO SYRUP AND SO FORTH.
YOU SAID THAT YOUR FATHER-IN-
LAW STARTED THIS SEVERAL YEARS
AGO.
HAVE YOU BEEN 4@FAIRLY ACTIVE I
MAKING MAPLE SYRUP YOURSELF?
>> YES.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT AND I DON'T
CLAIM TO 4@BE.
I 4@KNOW A LOT MORE 4@THAN I 4@
TWO YEARS 4@AGO.
HE TAPS 130 TREES.
AN AVERAGE 4@OF 40 GALLONS 4@OF
TO MAKE ONE GALLON OF MAPLE
SYRUP.
SO HE ADDED ON A FEW MORE
TREES.
WE 4@DID GET THE 4@EXPERIENCE A
HE HAS AN EVAPORATETOR IN HIS
SUGAR SHACK AND EVERYTHING.
>> WHAT DID YOU 4@DO TO BRING I
ALIVE FOR KIDS AND PULL THEM
IN?
>> THERE IS THE MENTION OF
ANIMALS THAT 4@IS GREAT FOR
CHILDREN OR THE OUTD4@OORS.
I THINK 4@IT IS IMPORTANT,
ESPECIALLY IN THIS 4@DAY AND AG
TO INSTILL THE APPRECIATION OF
ONE OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS.
WE LIVE IN ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL STATE.
PEOPLE4@ ARE COMING HERE FROM A
OVER THE WORLD TO 4@EXPERIENCE
OUR 4@OUTDOORS.
WE TRY 4@TO DO THAT HERE, IS 4@
FOSTER THAT APPRECIATION AND
THE 4@CONNECTION AND LITERA4@CY
WE TRY 4@TO DO THAT HERE, IS 4@ FOSTER THAT APPRECIATION AND THE 4@CONNECTION AND LITERA4@CY@
THE GREAT OUTDOORS.
I GREW UP IN ODISVILLE ON A
DIRT ROAD.
I WAS NOT NEAR A LOT OF
NEIGHBORS.
BUT IT GAVE ME THE CHANCE TO
APPRECIATE EVERYTHING AROUND
ME4@.
>> MAINE MAPLE SUNDAY WEEKEND
IS COMING UP.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS
WEEKEND TO 4@CELEBRATE?
>> I'LL BE HANGING OUT WITH MY @
FATHER-IN-LAW AND 4@SERVE A MOR
QUIET ONE THIS YEAR.
BUT I HAVE SOME PLANS TO 4@GO T
THE EUREKA FARMS IN PALMYRA.
AND WE'RE GOING 4@TO SEE WHAT
MAKING PLANS 4@WILL BE LIKE FOR
NEXT SEASON.
>> THIS 4@IS BOOK HOW TO MAKING
MAPLE SYRUP.
WHAT IS YOUR 4@4@NEXT BOOK GOIN
BE ABOUT?
>> 4@POTATOES.
PEOPLE GIVE ME