This year our first boil was on February 9th, a new record for us! The early start, and warm weather made it a long and challenging season, but we ended up with a good crop. We surpassed our target of 1.5 L/tap to hit 1.6 L/tap. Not a record season, […]
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Hi, We are just getting under way. Our first boil was on Sunday night. Just enough sap to fill the pans and boil for a few minutes. No syrup yet, but I expect we have some fresh syrup bottled and ready to go in late March. Farm Store honour system […]
2022 Pricing Here on the farm we will have our farm store stocked for self serve. We haven’t produced new syrup yet but have some of last year’s stock out at last year’s prices for the moment. I expect to have amber syrup from 2022 available in the third week […]
We’re planning something special for Father’s Day at Williams Farm! There is a positive side to the cancellation of our festivals…time. Suzanne, Kim and I have had time to think about how we reach out to everyone that usually sees us at the Ontario Best Butter Tart Festival in Midland. […]
March 21st, 2020 Hi! I hope you are well in these strange times. They syrup season is going well for us. It was an early start but we have had strong flows. On Friday the 20th of March, ahead of the freeze up, we boiled over 24,000 litres! Last year […]
Hi, It’s been awhile since I emailed you. The transition out of vegetables created a long list to accomplish. Now, I’m starting to get my marketing mojo back! I’ve been updating the Williams Farm FaceBook page and now I’m ready to take on some email updates and the website. Like […]
Wow, The summer is flying by! Go away for 12 days and suddenly it seems half the summer is gone. I went out west with Suzanne to Vancouver and Victoria for a week. We visited our youngest son Oliver in Vancouver. He’s taking a summer course at UBC. Lots to […]
Hi, I’ll be away from the Barrie Farmers’ Market this weekend because…….we have a booth at the Butter Tart Festival in Midland! Kim and I will be making 1000 of her incredible maple butter tarts for the festival. Our booth is on King St in downtown Midland, just south of Dominion Ave. […]
Join us for Maple Weekend, April 7th and 8th from 10 am to 4 pm. Get your fresh 2018 maple syrup! Taffy on Snow Sugar Bush and Sugar Shack Tours Learn and see how we produce tasty maple syrup!
Hi, And suddenly this week, the forecast changed! We went from a couple weeks of cold to temps that could produce sap. I started tapping yesterday. 10% done now. We’ll tap asap now in case we get good sap weather next week. After this weekend we’ll be away from market […]