When owner Marty Boisvert was about 10 he began noticing sap buckets hanging on roadside trees near his home. He asked his Dad what they were for and became so intrigued that he decided he wanted to try his hand at making maple syrup himself. He and his Dad tapped a couple of trees on their Pittsfield property and boiled sap over an open fire outside that first year and Marty became hooked. Each year from then on he added a few more taps and began making enough syrup for his family and friends. In 2000 he built a small sugar house, and together with his Dad began making larger amounts of syrup and selling it to locals. Five years later with taps in 20 different locations and their following expanding each year, they quickly outgrew their small sugar house and built a larger sugar house.
Today the farm taps over 2000 trees, gathers 35,000 gallons of sap and produced about 700 gallons of syrup and those numbers continue to grow. The constant needs of the farm and our customers keep things moving forward for everyone involved creating diversion and most importantly purpose while life changes around us all. As Marty said way back - tapping the trees and being out in the woods is our therapy "one drop at a time".
Marty & Anne Boisvert, Artisans
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