So much gratitude
As the season comes to an end (we are boilings syrup today) it's great to reflect on all we accomplished together as a community. A...
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Jethro Heiko
- Feb 7
- 2 min
Not just a tagline, a necessity
It's good. To tap into community. For us it's tagline and mission, simply put. It is also necessary. A necessity. The current state of...
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Jethro Heiko
- Feb 3
- 1 min
Philadelphia Magazine helps us spread the syrup in our region
Check out the latest issues (February) of Philadelphia Magazine. There's an in-depth article about how I went from tapping one tree to...
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Jethro Heiko
- Jan 5
- 4 min
Maple Season and the Myth of Closure
For those that come to Oak Lane Maple just wanting syrup I want to let you know that I truly value you and appreciate your needs. I think...
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Jethro Heiko
- Jan 5
- 1 min
Philadelphia Man. Or Philadelphia, Man.
Over the years of community building, I've been asked to speak to the pres. So it was nice to be asked to share my passion for maple...
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Jethro Heiko
- Jan 5
- 1 min
The 2022 Season is near
We are getting ready to tap the trees and get the sugar shack up and running. My daughter made this video on a very warm January 2nd,...
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Jethro Heiko
- Dec 11, 2021
- 2 min
Tapping the Urban Sugarbush
The Sugarbush is the term used for a forest of trees that are tapped for syrup. In Philly and surrounding area we have a forest, an urban...
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Jethro Heiko
- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
Tap with Oak Lane Maple!
The leaves are turning beautiful yellows, oranges, and reds so it's time to prepare for the 2022 maple season, it's just a few months...
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Jethro Heiko
- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
Growing and Tapping with Wyncote Academy
Oak Lane Maple has created a partnership with Wyncote Academy, just 1/2 mile from East Oak Lane. Wyncote Academy is creating a new Plants...
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Jethro Heiko
- Apr 6, 2021
- 1 min
Fox 29 News coverage
It was fun and rather exciting to talk about maple tapping on Fox 29 News 10 days or so ago. Please check out the coverage. When you are...
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Jethro Heiko
- Mar 20, 2021
- 1 min
Trees as living architecture
As I head into another planting season I’ve been considering trees. Trees create a place. Oak Lane Maple is in large part a celebration...
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Jethro Heiko
- Mar 19, 2021
- 1 min
Philadelphia Magazine Article
Check out the great article in Philly Magazine.
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Jethro Heiko
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
The city as arboretum. The community as farm.
While walking with a forester in East Oak Lane in January I started seeing the neighborhood and its trees through his eyes. I have only...
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Jethro Heiko
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
On Magic and Maple
When the pandemic started I had one goal that stood out more than any other (besides surviving). That my children would believe that...
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Jethro Heiko
- Mar 2, 2021
- 1 min
Endings
Is it over? Is this the end? Seasons come and go. And maple’s is rather short here. There may be more. Or not. The weather looks...
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Jethro Heiko
- Feb 27, 2021
- 1 min
People love goats. People love maple syrup.
Close to 200 people attended today's goat and maple walk with Philly Goat Project at the Awbury Arboretum. I spoke, answered dozens of...
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Jethro Heiko
- Feb 26, 2021
- 2 min
North Philly's Super Sugars-3% and why it matters
Between Saturday and Thursday morning, we collected 135 gallons of sap from black, red, silver, and sugar maples in East Oak Lane and...
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Jethro Heiko
- Feb 25, 2021
- 1 min
Hitting the limit
Well, it happened. Yesterday, after collecting over 80 gallons of sap in one day from 40 trees my body had had enough. My hip failed and...
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Jethro Heiko
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Tapping is community development
The other day a friend of mine, a farmer, activist and organizer said "farming is community development." I've been trying to approach...
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Jethro Heiko
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Maple season is my summer vacation
I spend many of my days outside, often in the sun, regularly getting wet. I am tired from all the activity but in a good way, and I am...
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