![]() ![]() (Photo: Dan Gaken/Epicenter) Rain and forecasted thunderstorms caused the Midway Carnival at the 2023 Maple Syrup Festival in Shepherd, MI to close early on Saturday, April 29, 2023. (Photo: Dan Gaken/Epicenter) Festival goers partake in the Midway Carnival at the 2023 Maple Syrup Festival in Shepherd, MI on Saturday, April 29, 2023. Pinky’s red Chevy coup was named one of the top 40 vehicles in the show. ![]() (Photo: Dan Gaken/Epicenter) Pinky Hosford of Cedar Spring, MI entered his 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air in the Classic Car & Truck Show at the Maple Syrup Festival held in Shepherd, MI on Saturday, April 29, 2023. ![]() (Dan Gaken/Epicenter) Pinky Hosford of Cedar Spring, MI entered his 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air in the Classic Car & Truck Show at the Maple Syrup Festival held in Shepherd, MI on Saturday, April 29, 2023. (Photo: Dan Gaken/Epicenter) Kaia (age 6) of Rockford, MI has face paint applied by a vendor along Wright Avenue in Shepherd, MI during the annual Maple Syrup Festival on Saturday, April 29, 2023. (Photo: Dan Gaken/Epicenter) Brothers Lincoln (age 3) and Asher (age 2) of Pinkney, MI play games at Maple Syrup Festival’s Children’s Village in the Shepherd Elementary Gym in Shepherd, MI on Saturday, April 29, 2023. Louis, MI applies face paint to a guest at the Children’s Village in the Shepherd Elementary Gym in Shepherd, MI on Saturday, April 29, 2023. (Photo: Dan Gaken/Epicenter) Emma, age 8 of St. (Photo: Dan Gaken/Epicenter) Saturday, April 29 Maple Syrup Princess Bree of Shepherd, MI encourages a child playing a ball toss game at the Children’s Village in the Shepherd Elementary Gym in Shepherd, MI on Saturday, April 29, 2023. The maple beer is brewed exclusively for the bar by Four Leaf Brewing in Clare, MI as was released for the annual Maple Syrup Festival. (Photo: Dan Gaken/Epicenter) Bartender Grace pours a pint of Maple Ale for a customer at the Shepherd Bar & Restaurant in Shepherd, MI Friday, April 28, 2023. Sparky, the Shepherd Tri-Township Fire Department mascot, waves from a moving emergency vehicle during the Maple Syrup Festival Emergency Vehicle Parade in Shepherd, MI on Friday, April 28, 2023. Friday, April 28 Truck 3 of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe Tribal Fire Department heads east on Wright Avenue during the Maple Syrup Festival Emergency Vehicle Parade in Shepherd, MI on Friday, April 28, 2023. From the pancakes and syrup, to contests and carnival experiences, to parades, pageants, and performances – enjoy this photo recap of the 2023 Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival. ![]() This year, the festival representing traditions and community support, was held Thursday, April 27 through Sunday, April 30. Trees growing close together will have few in any lower branching for the bottom 3rd to half of tree.The annual Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival has taken place in Shepherd, Michigan since 1958. The tree has a rounded crown with stocky branching. The bigleaf maple's leaves are unusually large and can measure from 12" to 24" size. Mature bigleaf maples grow to about 50 ft tall but can reach 100 ft with trunk diameters 36" to 48". The Bigleaf Maple is one of the few trees viable as a commercial hardwood species in the Pacific northwest. Unless your soil is heavy clay you should not have problems growing the Bigleaf Maple if regular deep watering is done.īuy Maple Trees Online at the Maple Tree StoreĬheck out our Maple Tree Auction page - Hundreds of Maples for sale Used as a yard or landscape tree soil is less important. Soil Requirements: The Bigleaf Maple will grow in a wide variety of soils but prefers well drained moist soils and a good subterranean water source if growing in the wild. The Bigleaf Maple can be grown in a wide variety of conditions from the cool moist climates of the Washington coast to the warm dry condition of southern California as long as it can attain a reliable water source such as bottom lands near streams or rivers. Seed size is 0.16" to 0.47" or slightly less then 1/2 inch. Bigleaf maple seeds are large with a triangular to oval shape. The flowers are yellow to light green in long clusters and appear before the tree leafs out. The wood has been used to make piano frames and the tree can be tapped for maple syrup. The Bigleaf Maple is an excellent shade tree when grown in a large enough location with ample watering. ![]()
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