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Tonoloway Farm makes pure walnut syrup and maple syrup, as well as a blend of the two. Walnut syrup is more difficult to make because the sap contains a gelatinous substance called pectin.
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Tubes carrying sap travel between the black walnut trees on Tonoloway Farm in Highland County. Lauren and Christoph Herby tapped 420 black walnut trees this season.
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Lauren and Christoph Herby work in the sugar shed they built on their land to make walnut syrup. The evaporator used to boil the sap takes up much of the space in the 96-square-foot structure.
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Lauren Herby gathers wood outside the sugar shed to boil the walnut sap. Herby and her husband pride themselves on sustainable living. Any wood used to fire up the evaporator comes from felled trees on their land.
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Teresa and Blaine Fitzgerald sample a walnut maple syrup blend produced by Tonoloway Farm in Highland County. Blaine Fitzgerald wanted to put the syrup on his ice cream.
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Sap collected from black walnut trees on Tonoloway Farm is boiled in the sugar shed on the Highland County property.
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Lauren and Christoph Herby make walnut syrup at their farm in McDowell. The couple stand in front of the sugar shed they built next to their home. They pride themselves on sustainable living. Any wood used to fire the the evaporator, where the sap is boiled, comes from felled trees on their land.
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Squash sits on the front porch at Tonoloway Farm in Highland County. Christoph and Lauren Herby utilize sustainable living practices.
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Lauren and Christoph Herby make walnut syrup at their farm in McDowell. The couple prides themselves on sustainable living. Any wood used to fire the evaporator used to boil the sap comes from felled trees on their land.
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Chickens peck for food on Tonoloway Farm in Highland County. Christoph and Lauren Herby utilize sustainable living practices.
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Teresa and Blaine Fitzgerald (center) stop by Tonoloway Farm in search of the walnut syrup produced by Lauren (left) and Christoph Herby. Blaine Fitzgerald wanted to put the walnut syrup on his ice cream.
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Christoph Herby monitors the sap, which is continuously boiled until it becomes walnut syrup.
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Signs painted by Lauren Herby for Tonoloway Farm in Highland County dry in the driveway.
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Tubes carrying sap encircle a black walnut tree on Tonoloway Farm in Highland County. Lauren and Christoph Herby tapped 420 black walnut trees this season.
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Christoph and Lauren Herby make walnut syrup at their farm in McDowell. In the background are plastic tubes that carry the sap from the trees.