The sap runs when the nighttime temperatures fall below zero, and daytime temperatures are above zero.
We collect many buckets of sap, but 40 parts sap boils down to only 1 part syrup, so every drop of the finished syrup is precious! Maple sugaring has brought us joy and sweetness this year, when the back-and-forth between winter and spring has seemed to stretch on forever.
Thanks to the Grebel students and staff that came out to help us tap trees this season!
University of Waterloo,
North Campus
Frank Tompa Drive
Waterloo, ON
N2L 3G6
Phone (519) 886-3855
Email: bhouse@uwaterloo.ca
Operated by Conrad Grebel University College and the Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario. Owned by the University of Waterloo.
The Brubacher House is situated on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. The house was built in 1850 on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted in 1784 to the Six Nations that includes 10 kilometres on each side of the Grand River from its source in Dundalk to its mouth at Lake Erie.
