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Turkey Street Maples in Chocorua, seen during its first boil of 2026 at the beginning of March. (COURTESY PHOTO)

CONWAY — Welcome to the sweetest weekend of the year, as member sugar ouses of the New Hampshire Maple Producers Association host open houses today and Sunday, March 21 and 22.

It’s also Maine Maple Sunday Weekend, March 21-22, presented by members of the Maine Maple Producers Association.

03-07-26 Eldridge Sugar House family group

Members of the Eldridge maple crew stand together at the Eldridge Family Sugar House and Ice Cream Shoppe in Tamworth on March 7. From left: Scott and Terri Eldridge; shop worker Hannah Smith; Matt and Erica Theriault and their kids Greyson, 5, and Rylee, 10; and Brittney and Brandon Eldridge and their kids Bodie, 2, and Adaylnn, 12. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

03-09-26 Brooks Sugar House pose horizontal

Scott Brooks Sr. stands with his daughter Maureen and daughter-in-law Quincy at Brooks Family Sugar House in Freedom on March 9. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

03-07-26 100 Acre Wood loading fire

Sugar maker Greg Brossart stokes the evaporator fire at the Believe in Books Literacy Foundation's 100 Acre Wood sugar shack in Intervale on March 7. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

03-17-26 Black Mtn Sugarhouse pose smile

Andy Grigel (left) and Ken Crowther, with dog Mack, stand outside Black Mountain Sugarhouse in Jackson on March 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

03-12-26 Mac Hill Maple pose 1

Will and Anne-Marie Streeter smile with their kids Jesse and Allison (and dog Tug) outside the family's Mac Hill Maple sugarhouse in Tamworth on March 12. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

03-12-26 Mooney Hill pose outside

Ciaran and Rob Hatch stand outside their Mooney Hill Maples sugarhouse at their Silver Lake home on March 12. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

03-10-26 Nate and Kates Maple pose wider

Nate Hutchins, of Nate and Kate's Maple, stands by the 3,000-gallon tank for sap in his great-grandfather's maple orchard in Chatham on March 10. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

03-05-26 Remick Farm Maple pose

The Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm's Matt Theriault, the sap collection and boil supervisor, and Dawne Dawne Gilpatrick, the marketing coordinator, stand together in the farm's sugarbush off Cleveland Hill Road a couple miles away from the museum building in Tamworth on March 5. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

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Young maple fans learn the art of tapping trees at The Rocks in Bethlehem. (COURTESY PHOTO)

03-13-26 SPs Sugar Shack pose wider

Sean (center) and Julie McManus stand with their son Patrick at SP's Sugar Shack in Ossipee on March 13. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

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