ABOUT Folsom's
How We Got Started
In the late ‘80s a friend of ours called us up one spring to ask if we had any sugar maple trees. Since spring was a quiet time on their dairy farm they wanted to try making maple syrup. Brian tapped our trees for them and delivered the sap whenever it ran. After the season was over they rewarded us with some of that years’ fresh maple syrup. It was wonderful!
This experience got us interested in the process so the next spring we asked if they were going to do it again. Having decided not to, we asked to borrow their equipment so we could. They agreed and we tapped our trees, Brian built an open fire hearth in the back yard and we boiled our sap and made half dozen quarts of syrup (albeit a bit smoky).
The next several years we read all we could to learn more, we traveled to sugarhouses throughout NH and Vermont and Brian would ask questions from the sugarmakers we met. By 1990 we had moved into our woodshed to keep out of the rain and snow while boiling and we knew we were hooked. That year Brian convinced me we needed a sugarhouse. He built it that summer and fall and we opened to the public in the spring of 1991. It’s been a joy ever since.
The sugarhouse has had several improvements in the last 15 years. The woodshed wall was knocked out to make more room for visitors to move around. We upgraded evaporators from a used 2’x 8’ English tin evaporator to a used 3’ x 8’ stainless to finally our new 3’ x 8’ welded stainless pans. As time passed we also decided we needed a place for our product out of the steamy environment in the sugarhouse so once again Brian built on to add our new maple shop area.
We have been members of the NH Maple Producers Association since 1990. Every year we enjoy helping staff their sugarhouses at various events like the Hopkinton & Deerfield Fairs, the NH Farm & Forest and the Eastern States Exposition (The Big “E”) in Springfield MA. For more information about the NH Maple Producers Association go to http://www.nhmapleproducers.com.
We are a proud member of the New Hampshire
Maple Producers Association
Directions to Folsom's Sugar House
From I-93 take exit 4 (Derry NH)
Go east on Rte 102 through Derry to the Derry traffic circle taking the 3rd right off the circle. Continue on Rte 102 to Chester Center (Jct of Rte 102 & Rte 121). Take a left onto Rte 121 North for 1.5 miles. Turn right onto Candia Road and we are ½ mile down on the right.
From Route 101 take Exit 5 (Raymond NH)
Go west on Rte 102 for @ 7 miles to Chester Center (Jct of Rte 102 & Rte 121). Turn right onto Rte 121 North for 1.5 miles. Turn right onto Candia Road and we are ½ mile down on the right.
From Route 101 take Exit 2 (Auburn NH)
Turn right off the exit ramp and continue to stop sign in Auburn. Go straight through stop sign onto Rte 121 south to Chester for @ 6 miles. Take the first left after crossing the town line onto Candia Road. We are ½ mile down on the right.
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Other Maple Related Links::
Asian Long-horned beetle – "http://www.uvm.edu/albeetle
NH Made – http://www.nhmade.com
Virtual Farmers Market Programs – http://www.nhfarms.com
NH Agriculture in the Classroom, for educational material – http://www.nhagintheclass.org
For more information please email us at info@folsomsugarhouse.com or call us at (603) 887-3672.
Sugarhouse & Addition
Two girls checking buckets