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Article: Farm keeps alive tradition of tapping trees Kids, adults invade a sugarbush for tasting, unusual maple facts
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- March 16, 2009
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ROCKPORT - The subfreezing cold one afternoon last week slowed
the flow of sap from the Aldermere Farm maple trees, but it couldn't
keep the smile from Kazan Kibler's face.
"It's dripping out the hose!" exclaimed the Lincolnville 6-year-
old after he helped tap a tree during a community event at the farm,
which now is run by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust.
Kibler, who bounced around the snowy terrain like a wintertime
windup toy, was pretty excited to take part in the classic Maine
tradition - and that is just what his grandmother had in mind.
"I wanted to show my grandchildren this procedure," said Diane
Haines of Camden on Thursday. "My husband and I used to tap trees
all the time in ...