Episode

Episode 140: Maple Season Secrets

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Under the Canopy
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Apr 13, 2026
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Summary

Yellow sap in your bucket can feel like a panic moment, and it’s exactly the kind of mystery we love digging into. We sit down with Jeff Wagner of Wagner Maple Products, a working Ontario maple syrup producer, to sort out what’s normal, what’s a warning sign, and what’s really happening inside the tree when winter and spring don’t behave the way they used to. We talk through the on-the-ground realities of a tough sugar season: tapping and fixing lines in four feet of snow, chasing leaks, and...