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One day in the life of a dairy farm wife in the 1980s, no holds barred, a real look at milk production on a family farm....
17 February, 2025Hours: Monday–Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Weekend Activities: Experience our wood fired, solar powered sugaring operation close and up front! Boiling from 27,000 trees, we hope the sap will be pouring in and the steam will be rising. Tours, samples, raised doughnuts with maple cream, maple creamees, maple baked beans and hot dogs boiled in sap, free sugar on snow and coffee. You are welcome to hike the trails in the sugarwoods, question and answer time with one of our woodsmen at 2:00 EACH DAY.
Shop in our sugarhouse store for all of your maple syrup, cream, sugar and candy.
Special Directions to Event: Only minutes off exit 4 on I89. Follow Rt 66 to Randolph Center, right onto E. Bethel Rd. left between the white church and red schoolhouse, straight onto Silloway Rd, and left onto Boudro Rd.
Watch the boiling (in season). See the production equipment, and learn about the history of the Silloway Maple farm, from gathering with horses from buckets in the 1940s, to the technology of saplines and reverse osmosis today. Shop in our sugarhouse store for maple syrup, candy, cream sugar, and more. Try a sample of the four Vermont grades, and all of our infused syrups. Hike through the sugarwoods to see the amazing miles of interconnected saplines and the majestic maples. Bring a picnic and your family!
No need for a reservation for your tour, unless you have a large group. Planning a family reunion, or meeting? Call 802-272-6249 to arrange ahead, and we’ll be sure to have all you would like.
“This place is pure delight! You MUST take the time to visit. They are friendly, warm, welcoming and knowledgeable.”
– LeAnn
“A husband to the land”, keeping the forest viable, protecting the resources for generations, producing a natural, wildcrafted food. We are producing the same blue ribbon maple syrup, cream, candy and sugar that our family did eighty years ago, using all renewable resources—sap, wood fire and solar power. And, thanks to our thoughtful friends and neighbors, we ship our maple products packed with recycled bubble wrap.
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