Maple Harvest Quotes

“For most Canadians warmer days and melting snow signals the end of winter, but for those of us who grew up in Lanark County the very first sign of spring was seeing galvanized buckets hanging from the sides of maple trees.”
― Arlene Stafford-Wilson

“The powerful forces of nature, both kind and cruel, some nurturing, some destructive, live at the heart of any maple syrup operation.”
― Arlene Stafford-Wilson, Lanark County Kitchen: A Maple Legacy from Tree to Table

“She walks the same paths where her father walked, and her grandfather, and her great-grandfather before her. She passes by familiar trees, the towering silent witnesses to over two centuries of history. Many of these majestic woodland giants, like faithful old friends, proudly bear the telltale tap-marks, remnants of a multi-generational maple harvest.”
― Arlene Stafford-Wilson, Lanark County Kitchen: A Maple Legacy from Tree to Table