Backyard Sugarin': A Complete How-To Guide, Third Edition

From buying equipment to tapping your own trees to boiling the sap, this is the classic, best-selling guide to making maple syrup.

This little book swept maple sugarin' buffs off their feet when it first appeared and is still the top-selling guide to the craft after nearly 30 years in print. Like the previous editions, this one tells you how you can make maple syrup right in your own backyard without having to build a sap house or buy buckets, holding tanks, evaporators and other expensive paraphernalia. Provides detailed "how-to" information, and makes some new and noteworthy revelations-including tips sugarers across the country have shared with the author. 60 black & white photographs, 6 line illustrations

Rink Mann lived in New Hampshire and made his own maple syrup for many years. He died in 2003.