We invite you to visit... In 1880 the site that was to become Glenwood City was a tranquil glen (valley) in the midst of huge forests. By 1885-1890 with the coming of the railroad and the lumber mills, Glenwood was the major trading center of the area with a population of 2000.
English walnut trees can be tapped successfully, especially when subjected to a freezing winter and spring. Paper birch (Betula papyrifera) The paper birch has a lower sugar content than sugar maple (less than 1%), but is the sweetest of the birch trees.
Only tap trees 12 inches in diameter and larger. One to three taps can be inserted into the tree depending on its size, but with smaller trees, stick with one. Below is a photo of the tools I used to tap the treesâspiles, drill, rubber mallet, tape measure to measure drill bit depth, and masking tape to mark the depth. Most commercially made spiles require drilling a hole with a 7/16 inch drill bit. Mark the tape about 2.5 inches in depth.