Mark and Susan Lockwood have made a hobby of tapping maple trees on their Seekonk property each year for the past 24 years. In a homemade evaporator, gallons of sap are boiled all day long at the end ...

If you have a mature maple tree in your yard, it might be a good opportunity to try to make homemade maple syrup. You can start tapping trees over the next few weeks, depending on where you live, to ...

Forester and maple syrup expert Steven Roberge places a lid on a bucket collecting sap in his Peterborough backyard. It’s maple season in New Hampshire, and it’s not too late to become a maple ...

Maple sap forms a droplet at the opening of a spile on Feb.23 as the maple syrup season begins in Quasqueton. (Orlan Love/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using ...

Learning about the art of maple sugaring, when the sap from trees is collected to make syrup while on a hike, a cooking demonstration, and a tasting Saturday at Robinson Nature Center. Lead ...

Environmental studies professor James Skillen is no stranger to maple syrup. When Skillen attended Cornell University in New York from 2001 to 2006, he took part in their Sugar Maple Research and ...

TRAVERSE CITY — The 2024 harvest season for maple syrup was short and early, due to warmer temperatures. Even so, Michigan maintained its ranking as #5 in the nation for overall production – at ...

All Wisconsin crops are impacted by the weather, and that includes maple syrup. Maple sap collection involves drilling into mature trees, with modern methods like vacuum systems and pipeline networks ...

Maple sugaring — or syrup — season is approaching, and soon enough you'll notice buckets clinging to maple trees as hobbyists and commercial operators begin collecting the sweet sap to make maple ...

Growing up in Vermont there were three guarantees. The first was that flannels would be worn year-round (yes, even in the summer), the second was that at least 50% of potluck dishes would be ...

From late November to early March, Ella Smoot can usually be found in one of two places: the forest or the sugar shack. Like all maple syrup producers, her winter is a rush of running sap—cold ...