Wandering through the Woods
It’s not just Sugar Maples that you can find walking through the Dufresne’s Sugar House property. The woods are filled…
End of Season Musings
The pandemic had only very recently been declared late in our boiling season, so nothing much changed here until…
Maple Sugaring and its Winter Challenges
I am frequently asked if this or that weather event is good, or bad, for sugaring. There is no answer…
Dufresne Sugar House interview on WGBH
Keith Dufresne, of Dufresne's Sugar House, shown in an interview with Brian Sullivan for Connecting Point on WGBH.
Cozying Up with Maple as Winter Closes In
The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer and it is getting quite chilly outside. So why…
A Sweet and Sappy Story
At the end of March 2019, I (Jacqueline) received a call from Nikki, a hospice nurse, asking if we were…
Syrup Stampede
Our own Lainie Dufresne ran in the first Syrup Stampede, a race sponsored by Dufresne's Sugar House, to benefit Empty…
Recent Mail at Dufresne’s Sugar House
Dufresne's Sugar House donated syrup to the Massachusetts Agriculture Promotion Board for the 2018 "Taste of Massachusetts" reception at the…
Community Support by Dufresne’s Sugar House
Dufresne's Sugar House is proud to support our community in many ways, including being a major sponsor for the inaugural…
Daytime Boiling at Dufresne’s Sugar House
We had a rare event here today at Dufresne's Sugar House. We boiled sap in the morning. We had had…
2018’s syrup coming off the evaporator
The first syrup of the 2018 season at Dufresne's Sugar House coming off the evaporator after the hours it takes…
Firing up for the season
Here we are, at Dufresne's Sugar House, firing up for the first time in the 2018 sugaring season. …