Not all leaves are red in the fall

Portland Japanese Garden

Outside Nordstrom in Oak Brook

Seen on our walk

Traditionally, maple syrup was harvested by tapping a maple tree through the bark and into the wood phloem, then letting the sap run into a bucket, which required daily collecting; less labour-intensive methods such as the use of continuous plastic pipelines have since superseded this, in all but cottage-scale production.

Production is concentrated in February, March, and April, depending on local weather conditions. Freezing nights and warm days are needed in order to induce sap flows. The change in temperature from above to below freezing causes water uptake from the soil, and temperatures above freezing cause a stem pressure to develop, which, along with gravity, causes sap to flow out of tapholes or other wounds in the stem or branches. To collect the sap, holes are bored into the maple trees and tubes (taps, spouts, spiles) are inserted. Sap flows through the spouts into buckets or into plastic tubing. Modern use of plastic tubing with a partial vacuum has enabled increased production. A hole must be drilled in a new location each year, as the old hole will produce sap for only one season due to the natural healing process of the tree, called walling-off. Maple sap is collected from the buckets and taken to the sugar house; if plastic tubing and pipelines are used, then the pipelines are arranged so that the sap will flow by gravity into the sugar house, or if that is not possible, into holding tanks from which the sap is pumped or transported by tanker truck to the sugar house.

Maple syrup is sometimes boiled down further to make maple sugar, a hard candy usually sold in pressed blocks, and maple taffy. Intermediate levels of boiling can also be used to create various intermediate products, including maple cream (less hard and granular than maple sugar) and maple butter (creamy, with a consistency slightly less thick than peanut butter).

Campground rules and regulations are posted at the site. There are no dumpsters on site, visitors must pack in and out their trash.

Campsites: 12 developed sites--- At this time, there is not a reservation system in place for the campsites. Campsites are on a first come first serve basis.

Overnight Camping Fees: $5.00 per vehicle/ per night

This site is equipped picnic tables, fire rings, vault toilets, horseshoe pits, and boat ramp with a dock. There is no Day-use allowed and facilities are for paid overnight campers only.

www.blm.gov/visit/maple-grove-campground

Canadian Armed Forces soldiers from Bravo Company (Para), Third Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry jump from a Columbian Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 13 (JOINTEX) in Wainwright, Alberta on May 28, 2013.

Photo: Sergeant Matthew McGregor, Canadian Forces Combat Camera

Des soldats (parachutistes) des Forces armées canadiennes issus de la compagnie Bravo du 3e Bataillon, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, sautent d’un avion C-130H Hercules de la Force aérienne colombienne, à Wainwright (Alberta), le 28 mai 2013, dans le cadre de l’exercice Maple Resolve 13 (JOINTEX).

Photo : Sergent Matthew McGregor, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes

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Rhodadendron Test Garden, Portland, Oregon.

Acer platanoides. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA

Maple leaves in the forest. Don't know how the background became like that...

Maple & Vine

Photo Courtesy of Karen & Drew Attanasio

Fall 2017, Tobye Studio

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Gorgeous Autumn in Germany

Japanese Maple

Japanese Maple

Evening light adds a golden tint to the early spring foliage on a hilltop of Alyson's Orchard in Walpole, NH

Japanese Maple Flowers

Fall colors in Utah

Kingston Mills, ON, trees along the Rideau River, detail

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This finch looked very regal sitting on my maple tree waiting for more cover to grow.

My maple tree as it turns colours.. looking pretty good.

Obligatory Fall shot :)

we've got lots of trees, but only a few are starting to shows signs of life again this spring. Still waiting for that Spring rush when the world turns green again.

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