Hank Peterson of Londonderry shows samples of the grades of syrup produced at his sugar shack in Londonderry last year. (NH.com staff file photo by Bob Hammerstrom)
Maple syrup production is almost wholly dependent on the weather, and the past season was not a particularly good one, reports NH.com.
“It wasn’t terrible, but not good, either,” said Ben Fisk of Ben’s Sugar Shack in Temple.
He made about 770 gallons this year but should have made more.
“I should have made a thousand,” Fisk said. “It got too warm, and then it got too cold. It was just up and down too much.”
Maple producers throughout the state had varied results during the season, with the majority harvesting about two-thirds of an average crop, according to the New Hampshire Maple Producers Association.
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