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Arts & Culture

NH this Weekend: Tap the Sap

New Hampshire Public Radio | By Rick Ganley

Published March 22, 2013 at 6:00 AM EDT

It's Maple Weekend in the Granite State. More than 110 farms and sugar shacks will be open to the public with demonstrations of syrup production, maple products to taste and buy, and hands-on activities. Hippo Editor Amy Diaz has some highlights.

Find a participating sugar shack near you

Want to tap your own? Read up on the basics of D.I.Y. maple tappin'

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