Photographed by Tom McCrumm of Ashfield at South Face Farm

March is Maple Month Click here for local sugarhouses or restaurants featuring Massachusetts maple syrup on the menu
7	2008 Maple Month Kick-off, Turtle Lane Maple Farm, 25 Turtle Lane, North Andover, MA. 10:30AM- 12:30PM, (978) 258-2889, turtlelanemaplefarm.com
8 - 16	New England Spring Flower Show - www.masshort.org
9	Thoreau Farm Trust Hosts a Screening of King Corn with Filmmaker Ian Cheney, 2 pm at the Performing Arts Center at Concord Academy (166 Main St). Details at thoreaufarm.org.
9	Third Annual Maple Harvest Day, Eastern States Exposition, Sunday, noon to 4 pm. Click here for details.
9	Daylight Saving Time begins
12	FIVE FABULOUS CHEFS TO CREATE A MEMORABLE MEAL ~ Five fabulous local chefs will create a maple inspired dinner at Spice to celebrate the first harvest of the growing season—maple syrup. Complimentary tasting of local beers from Barrington Brewery and Pittsfield Brew Works with music by Micah Stone will begin at 6 pm. Dinner starts at 7 pm. Reserve your seat now: 413-528-0041. www.berkshiregrown.org
17	St. Patrick's Day
18	Agriculture Day at the Statehouse, Mary Jordan, 617-626-1750, Mary.Jordan@state.ma.us
20	Spring
23	Easter
29	How Sweet It Is! Orange, MA, 10-3:30pm. Becoming an Outdoors-Woman will hold a workshop that will focus on management of a “sugarbush” and on the production of maple products. More info at MassWildlife.
29	Plan for spring gardening projects.

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