Bucket brigade

Jim Moeykens collects sap in the Old South Cemetery in Windsor, Vt., on Friday, March 14, 2025. Moeykens and his wife Lori have 21 three-gallon buckets, many of them full from the large maple trees that line the cemetery. Both are members of the Old South Church, adjacent to the cemetery. Moeykens has been making syrup for five or six years, giving it to family and friends. This is the first year he has tapped the large maples, he guesses the trees are about 150 years old.

Jim Moeykens collects sap in the Old South Cemetery in Windsor, Vt., on Friday, March 14, 2025. Moeykens and his wife Lori have 21 three-gallon buckets, many of them full from the large maple trees that line the cemetery. Both are members of the Old South Church, adjacent to the cemetery. Moeykens has been making syrup for five or six years, giving it to family and friends. This is the first year he has tapped the large maples, he guesses the trees are about 150 years old. "I've been looking at them my whole life,” he said. “I can't believe nobody taps those big beautiful trees." Moeykens asked the Town Manager if he could this year. (Valley News-Jennifer Hauck) Valley News – Jennifer Hauck

Published: 03-18-2025 4:47 PM

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