This year will be the seventh season the Sissons, who run Bittersweet Maple Farm in Berne, have used this sugar house. Last year, they made 518 gallons of maple syrup. Mush the dog guards the sugar ...
Highland Meadows owner Jack Krider checks the sap density with a hydrometer. Mirror photos by Patrick Waksmunski FREDERICKSBURG — With a stately brick home surrounded by rolling pastures, Highland ...