Cemetery Trees...

[jstaples]

Tapping old Cemetery maples...disrespectful or not??? Saying that person makes an effort to carry in, carry out and walks around the outsides of the cemetery.

[cpmaple]

my feeling on this is if you respect the grounds and walk around the out side or on the rds it should be ok. but there are people out there that will feel different than i do about this. Respect,keep clean and dont leave taps in after the season you would be fine by me.

[Brian Ryther]

Old caskets used to be lead lined.

[spud]

Tapping old Cemetery maples...disrespectful or not??? Saying that person makes an effort to carry in, carry out and walks around the outsides of the cemetery.

We have a lot of cemetery's with maple trees in them here in Vermont. I don't think it's disrespectful to tap them but it's kinda weird. My syrup jugs show a sugar house and a team of horses gathering sap. I would hate to see what your jugs look like. There's no way in hell I would gather your sap at midnight. This is why I would never buy flee market syrup. Just the idea creep's me out.

Spud

[ackerman75]

That syrup would be to die for ...........

[PerryW]

Sounds like quite an undertaking.

[markcasper]

I was not going to comment on this thread.....there was situation a few years ago that came up where I was actually interested in tapping cemetary trees near here. My father used to be quite involved with our large church cemetary and there was plum trees growing in and around the older parts (circa 1890's - 1940's). People used to come and water their flowers and then, when in season, pick them full of plums. My dad always said never eat any plums from those trees because they may have embalming chemicals in them. He said most of the caksets in that era were wooden and the idea of the roots absorbing anything were quite high.

So when I talked about tapping these maple in a different cemetary near my house, he advised me not to because you never know what that tree may have taken up. I know the church cemetary has a storage building for winter casket storage and one spring I was there with him and it was getting on into late April and they still didn't have them all out of there and it was just plain disgusting what I seen, the caskets were dripping from the racks and all over the floor. After witnessing that, I never thought about tapping cemetary trees again, just food for thought.

[heus]

I was not going to comment on this thread.....there was situation a few years ago that came up where I was actually interested in tapping cemetary trees near here. My father used to be quite involved with our large church cemetary and there was plum trees growing in and around the older parts (circa 1890's - 1940's). People used to come and water their flowers and then, when in season, pick them full of plums. My dad always said never eat any plums from those trees because they may have embalming chemicals in them. He said most of the caksets in that era were wooden and the idea of the roots absorbing anything were quite high.

So when I talked about tapping these maple in a different cemetary near my house, he advised me not to because you never know what that tree may have taken up. I know the church cemetary has a storage building for winter casket storage and one spring I was there with him and it was getting on into late April and they still didn't have them all out of there and it was just plain disgusting what I seen, the caskets were dripping from the racks and all over the floor. After witnessing that, I never thought about tapping cemetary trees again, just food for thought.

They actually save bodies/caskets over the winter instead of burying them right away???

[JuniperHillSugar]

In our area the Board of Directors don't allow tapping in some roadside cemetery trees. I only want to be where welcome, so I stay in the woods with my taps. In general I stay off the roads. I see those roadside buckets covered in sand/salt spray after a spring storm. No thanks for me.

[325abn]

Although I am sure many of the residents of said grave yards would love some maple. I would not tap even if permitted.

That being said if I have to to survive I would without blinking an eye!!