Making Sugar and no Bees or Trees

Author: Stephanie Dayle

Making Sugar Without Bees or Trees

It started like this.  In my quest for self-sufficiency, I wanted to have the ability to produce my own sugar if need be.  I planned on adding bees to the farmstead this last spring – but ‘we’ spent money on a new chainsaw instead.   My next thought was maple trees?  Not unless I could pay to put in a bunch of 10 year-old sugar maple tress, hope they all lived, then maybe in another 10-15 years I would have some young smallish trees I might be able to tap.  Stevia plants?  I found out, not only do they not grow in my zone, but I have noticed through watching my friend’s attempts that they are rather finicky to grow indoors and don’t like big shifts in temperature.  That wouldn’t work in our house with wood heat. Then I found my answer through my grandma. Continue reading Making Sugar and no Bees or Trees →