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.
Twenty six thousand trees? So many acres of land, steep, ledgy sidehills with magnificent views of the mountains across the valley, new sugarwoods, and old sugarwoods that my Dad was tapping since 1943, miles and miles and miles of walking in the woods. How could...
We Wait All Year for the Sap to Run…and then it Doesn’t! When does the sap run? Early spring, temperatures above freezing in the daytime, below at night, right? Well, sort of… Every sugarmaker looks at the weather forecast, out ten days ahead, planning and...
Wrested from the woods, came the fields and pastures for the farm. Trees cut, stumps pulled, land plowed and harrowed and seeded. And stone picked! Every time a piece was plowed to reseed, up came stones, and more stones. The family went out in force,...
