MS1 Volunteer Paul Lamaila stands by the wood pile used to fuel the maple sugaring process at Lusscroft Farm in Sussex. (Photos by Nancy Madacsi)
MS2 Volunteer Rick McEnteer runs the evaporator in the sugar shack during demonstrations Saturday, March 23.
MS3 Dan Tassey guides visitors to the property’s original syrup processing plant.
MS5 Kate Garrison with baby Michael and Ryder, who holds containers of fresh maple syrup sold at the historic farm.
George Butkus, Amanda Lindner and Fran McEnteer hold containers of fresh maple syrup sold at the historic farm.
Eddie, Lindsay and June Barton with Kevin Depodwin (in yellow jacket).
The maple syrup processing tank
Maple syrup processing
Tubes carry the sap from trees covered with ice to a plastic storage bin.
Donna Traylor, president of the Heritage and Agriculture Association, and Sussex County Commissioner Jack DeGroot.
Volunteers Karl Hefner and Kathy Drost
Jean Kridan and Madison Kriscuda
Barn sale
Volunteers demonstrated how to tap sugar maple trees to collect the sap Saturday, March 23 at the annual Maple Sugaring Open House at Lusscroft Farm in Sussex.
The sap is put in an evaporator to produce the maple syrup.
Funds raised from the sale of fresh syrup go to the Lusscroft Maple Sugaring Project and the ongoing restoration of the buildings and grounds at historic farm.
The open house was presented by the Heritage and Agriculture Association, the New Jersey Tree Farm Program, the New Jersey Society of American Foresters and the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Parks and Forestry.