Welcome to the Maple Kiosk
You found us. This is a small operation — wood-fired, small-batch, bird-friendly maple syrup, made right here on this land. We tap our trees with care, boil over a wood fire the way it’s been done for generations, and manage our sugarbush so the warblers, thrushes, and woodpeckers keep coming back every spring.
The kiosk runs on the honor system, the way roadside stands have worked in Vermont for as long as there have been roads. Take what you’d like, leave what’s owed.
You can pay by:
- Venmo (@chaska-richardson)
- Cash — drop it in the tin
- Check, made out to Couching Lion
Prices are listed. If you’re short today, leave a note and settle up next time. We trust you. That’s how it works around here, and its worked fine for a long time.
The Field Loop
Across from the kiosk, a quiet path loops through a conserved field and along the tree line. You’ll find a few Adirondack chairs tucked where the views are best. Bring a picnic. Sit a while. Watch the light move across the grass and listen to the wind in the maples.
This is the opposite of a tourist venue. No gift shop, no café, no tour buses pulling in. Just sky, trees, birdsong, and the kind of quiet that’s getting harder to find. In June and July the bird watching is wonderful — bobolinks calling over the hayfield, warblers at the woods’ edge, the occasional hawk drifting overhead. Bring binoculars if you have them.
There are no bathrooms, no snacks, no guided tours — and that’s the point. What you get instead is the real thing: a working Vermont farm, an open field, and a few hours of peace you didn’t know you needed. Take your time. Leave it as you found it. Come back in another season.
