Our Story
The love of producing maple syrup all started with Kevin Farnham, owner of Farnham Farm Maple Sugaring. As a child, he helped his dad in the sugar house and love the taste of maple syrup. When he got older, he started a small sugaring business with his cousin. They had a about 200-300 buckets and cut all the wood with a bow saw. The sugar house got old and the business came to an end, we thought.
We found many years later the passion for sugaring was still there. Kevin’s two girls, Erika and Courtney Farnham, would love to get off the school bus and check the sap bucket along the road. One day they got their father to boil some sap on a small cooker in the garage. This is the start of what we know as Farnham Farm Maple Sugaring. This love of maple syrup has been a special part of our family. We have found the it isn’t just the sweet maple syrup that makes the season wonderful, but is the community that it brings with it. There is nothing that is better then starting the spring with family and friends coming out to the sugar house to taste the hot maple syrup off the evaporator and catching up.
Maple syrup has become a big part of our lives and we have become very involved with the maple sugaring industry. We want to education and share our love for Vermont Maple Syrup. Erika and Courtney have become the Vermont Maple Ambassadors for the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Association in previous years. We want to help promote good health with our natural sweetener of Vermont.
Fun Facts About Maple Syrup
We found many years later the passion for sugaring was still there. Kevin’s two girls, Erika and Courtney Farnham, would love to get off the school bus and check the sap bucket along the road. One day they got their father to boil some sap on a small cooker in the garage. This is the start of what we know as Farnham Farm Maple Sugaring. This love of maple syrup has been a special part of our family. We have found the it isn’t just the sweet maple syrup that makes the season wonderful, but is the community that it brings with it. There is nothing that is better then starting the spring with family and friends coming out to the sugar house to taste the hot maple syrup off the evaporator and catching up.
Maple syrup has become a big part of our lives and we have become very involved with the maple sugaring industry. We want to education and share our love for Vermont Maple Syrup. Erika and Courtney have become the Vermont Maple Ambassadors for the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Association in previous years. We want to help promote good health with our natural sweetener of Vermont.
Fun Facts About Maple Syrup
- One gallon of Maple Syrup requires about 40 gallons of sap.
- Maple Trees are about 30 to 40 years old when they are first tapped. The diameter should be about 10 inches.
- Tapping a tree does not do any permanent damage to it. Only about 10% of the sap running through the tree is collected.
- Our sugaring season can be as short as two weeks, or as long as two months. The average is between 4 to 6 weeks. Warm sunny days (above 32 degrees) following a frosty nights (below freezing) are ideal for sap flow.
