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Thurman Maple Days
March 12, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Visit maple producers and farms in Thurman, NY Saturdays and Sundays in March!
Participating farms will have tours and demonstrations to celebrate maple season and agriculture in the southern Adirondacks.
March 12 &13, 19 & 20, 26 & 27 from 10am – 4pm
Farms Participating:
- Toad Hill Maple Farm
- Valley Road Maple Farm
- Hidden Hollow Maple Farm
- Adirondack Gold Maple Farm
- Mud St. Maple
- Blackberry Hill Farm
- Martin’s Lumber & Artisans
- Nettle Meadow Farm and Artisan Cheese
- Rustic Acres Farm
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“1. Mud Street Maple
269 Mud Street, 12810 – 10 am to 4 pm
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One of Thurman’s newer maple operations, Mud St. Maple, is rapidly making a name for itself with its products, especially their Bourbon maple syrup, maple-glazed walnuts, raspberry maple cream and several infused maple syrups. Robin and Jeff Mahler have been tapping and boiling, with great help from family and friends, for about 10 years, and recently built their sugar house on Mud Street. It’s a family operation and a labor of love. Says Robin, “We are passionate about our maple farm.” They will prove their passion this March by welcoming guests both early and late each day, probably as early as 9 or as late at 6. Says Robin, “If steam is coming out of the sugar house, you are welcome to stop in. We love visitors!”
2. Blackberry Hill Farm
15 Mud St., 12810 – 10am – 4pm
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3. Toad Hill Maple Farm
137 Charles Olds Road, 12810 – 10am – 4pm
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4. Adirondack Gold Maple Farm
74 Bear Pond Rd
5. Martin’s Lumber & Artisans Market
280 Valley Road, 12885 – 10am – 4pm
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Get in out of the cold! The saw-mill is shut down for the winter, but activities continue at Martin’s Lumber in their various workshops and home, where they host the Artisan Market. Tour the shops where friends and neighbors join them for hands-on activates, demonstrations and sales. Wood-burning/pyrography is the art of burning wood. Pyrography artist, James Martin of Pi.Rho.Dsine will demonstrate his art and take special orders. Gail Seaman of Clendon Brook Creations will demonstrate techniques used to create beautiful unique greeting cards. Fortunate recipients of these cards treasure them for years. Potter Diane Cubit, whose designs showcase her Abenaki heritage and are also heavily influenced by the flora and fauna unique to the Adirondack Mountains and its waterways, will have a large display for viewing and sale. Laurie West of Empty Nest Sud-drome is back, selling her famous cold processed soaps, shampoo and conditioning bars, body butter sugar scrubs, lotion bars, lip balm and bath balms. Repurposing is a crafty specialty of Rose Slemp who will join us this year with a showcase of unique and one-of-a-kind holiday decorations and home décor items. We are thrilled to have Jim Ferris of Wax ‘n’ Wix back, bringing his candle making supplies with an opportunity to make your very own candle. Offering a choice of shapes, scents and colors; in no time at all you will have made your very own candle. Ed Braley, an artist and seasoned forager, will bring his art and some of his bounty here to share, including a variety of mushrooms, handcrafted salts, seasonings, extracts and tinctures. Owners Gary Martin and Wini Martin will be on hand, Gary working on the forge in the metal shop and Wini with paper bead jewelry and offering a chance to make your own beads and bracelets. Throughout the day demonstrations and hands-on activities continue for the whole family.
6. Nettle Meadow Farm
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7. Valley Road Maple Farm
190 Valley Road. 12885 – 10am – 4pm
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Visitors at Valley Road Maple will get to enjoy the fist real signs of spring. Steam billowing out of the cupola, sap pouring into the sugarhouse, and the wonderful aroma of boiling maple syrup spells the end of winter’s grip on the north. Tours will be given to guests from the start of the process to the final product. Explanations of the equipment and the operation will be given and questions are encouraged. They will be able to taste raw sap, RO sap, and fresh maple syrup. Hardy individuals are free to walk or snowshoe through the woods and watch the sap work its way through the tubing on its way to the sugarhouse. Coloring books with maple facts and history will be given to our young visitors. In our shop visitors will find syrup, cream, candy, sugar, maple roasted nuts, maple peanut brittle and maple cotton candy. first prize for
We regret that Valley Road Maple will be unable to offer a pancake breakfast this year. Watch for notices about a new breakfast location.
8. Hidden Hollow Maple Farm
312 Dippikill Rd. – 10am – 4pm
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Three generations of the Wallace family work together to produce pure Adirondack maple syrup, maple cream, delectable maple candies, and many specialty products such as maple jelly, cinnamon maple sugar. maple pepper and much more. Old meets new in this operation, with a traditional wood-fired evaporator processing sap already reduced by reverse osmosis. The Wallaces have expanded their operation to over 6,000 taps. Like Hidden Hollow Maple Farm on Facebook.
9. Rustic Acres
Meet Todd and Flo and see their displays of farm implements. They will demonstrate the forgotten ways of farm life with vintage homesteading items, and will offer for sale many farm goods: maple baked goods, meats, eggs, jams and jellies. Participate in a hands-on demonstration of vintage kitchen utensils. See how to grind grain into flour and coffee beans into grounds.