This photo comes from Ed in Nova Scotia. At this time of the year, spiles and maple syrup collection buckets are a familiar sight on many trees in the province.<\/p>\n
Ed writes: “I’m sending a picture that I took today which depicts the true signs of spring in Nova Scotia. I am right in the midst of the maple syrup season and yesterday the weather conditions were perfect and I had my boiler going all night so sleep played second fiddle.”<\/p>\n
Note Added Later:<\/strong> Here is a good article on tapping [link no longer available]. dP was asking me questions about it earlier; so, it’s kind of funny that I found this article in the Herald a few hours later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"