Another Early Start!

Shaws sugar shack at night as Tom boils the first run of 2024

In 2023, our first run of sap came on February 16th. At the time Tom said it was due to “to a lack of snow on the ground combined with higher than average daytime temperatures and cold nights”. Sound familiar?  Fast forward a year and our first run arrived even earlier. Tom had so much […]

Let’s Go Girls!!

Shania Twain on Stage at Boots and Hearts 2022, let's go girls!

Terri Lynn and the girls took a well-deserved break from a summer of catering to see Shania Twain at the 2022 Boots and Hearts Festival.

Spring 2018

This was the longest season of collecting sap we have ever had.

Winter 2017

A cold day to pour the concrete floor in the new expanded seating building

The time needed for improvements to our infrastructure can only be found from November 1st, to January 31st.

Fall 2016

On a nice sunny Fall day we started construction on a Storage Building. We are proud to still have some of the equipment that was used to work our farm land and produce our Maple Syrup dating back over 100 years.

Summer 2015

BootsandHearts-2015-Shaws-Catering

We celebrated our 25th Catering and DIY Pig Roast season this year with many fun events in Cottage County.

Winter 2014

Every year since 1893 our family has cut down trees in our Maple Forest to improve the overall heath of the remaining stand.