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Our 2008 maple syrup production season is now finished. We still have syrup for sale in various grades and bottle sizes. Our price list and ordering page shows the bottles available and prices. Shipping or delivery is available.
Since we are not around the shop every day, please call 608 778 6954 before visiting our farm.
Our Products--LIVE Christmas greenery and PURE maple syrup
The land at Cooks' Woods has produced food for more than 100 years. Set in the rolling hills of Grant County on Wisconsin's southwestern edge, the farm produces live Christmas trees, wreaths and garland as well as pure maple syrup. Since 1954, the farm has been managed by members of the Lamont Cook family. To navigate our site, you may click on the following above : 1. Fresh Christmas trees 2. Wreaths and Garland or 3. Maple Syrup, amd/or read information below.
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About Us--Dave and Barb Cook (608)943-8099
Dave Cook, the farm's current manager has spent the last 24 years raising grain and, until 1999, hogs on the land. In 1995, Dave and his wife Barb began to plant Christmas trees in some of the farm's unused pastures. Soon thereafter they began tapping some of the maple trees found in the east woods. Today, thousands of Christmas trees are growing on the farm and hundreds of taps are placed in the forest each spring to gather the pure maple syrup.
The Cooks' enjoy cultivating products that evoke pleasant memories for many of their customers. They want to invite you to visit them in the sugaring and Christmas seasons (or by appointment in any season) to experience some of the magic of the Wisconsin countryside and reconnect with the roots we all have in nature's life-giving cycles.
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Christmas Trees, Wreaths and Garlands
CHRISTMAS TREES - Fresh Christmas trees give unparalleled beauty and fragrance to a traditional family Christmas celebration. Every spring more than 3,000 evergreens are planted at Cooks Woods, which in 7-10 years will be ready to harvest.
WREATHS AND GARLAND - All wreaths and garland sold at Cooks'Woods are made on the farm beginning in early November. MORE (Click on "Wreaths and Garland" at top of page.)
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Frequently Asked Questions (Also ask via email: dave@cookswoods.biz)
Question: WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED?
Answer: Follow U.S. Highway 18 six miles east of Fennimore, Wisconsin. Turn right on Annaton Road. Continue for two miles on Annaton, then turn left on Ebenezer Road. Cooks' Woods is the first farm on the left (1/4 miles from the turn). Our address is 2176 Ebenezer Road, Fennimore Wisconsin 53809.
Question: WHAT ABOUT THE PURE MAPLE SYRUP?
Answer: The exact dates of a year's sap collection and boiling are dependent on the weather,but we want you to know how to contact us to arrange a farm visit during the season if you like and how to order syrup if you want it. Typically we make syrup during March, but we may begin as early as late February and stop as late as the first week in April. To find out when we have begun collecting sap, please call our farm at (608) 943-8099 and listen to our answering machine message or check near the top of our web site home page. Since we do not boil sap every day, the answering machine message will be updated daily by 8 a.m. You are welcome to visit any day that we are boiling from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on other days by appointment only. You may buy syrup at the farm or call ahead (608-943-8099) if you would like us to package a specific quantity for you. We will return your call to arrange for pick up of your order.
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