Every spring, maple producers across New England begin collecting sap from sugar maple trees and boiling it down into syrup, often using the same methods that have been employed for centuries. Don't ...

You might not have noticed, but drop by drop, the first harvest of 2021 has begun. There's more sunlight. Maple trees and their shallow roots break their dormancy, and the sap will be ready to rise up ...

Mar. 19—FEDERAL DAM, Minn. — Tapping maple trees to collect the sap they produce is perhaps the quintessential rite of spring in this part of north-central Minnesota rich in its source of the tasty ...

After the harvesting process comes the real work of maple sugaring, which is concentrating the sap into delicious maple syrup. Commercial producers use reverse osmosis, and Kinnan says he is ...

Perhaps one of the most common myths about trees, Rachael West said, is that they go dormant during the winter months, falling into hibernation until spring rolls around. But West, founder of Eating ...

Standing next to a maple tree in her front yard, Ramona Snell lifts one of the tree's dull, gray, discarded leaves from the ground. "These are the sugar factories," she says ˆ the place where the ...

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, and a hearty plate of blueberry pancakes or Belgian waffles isn’t complete without ...

CRAWFORD COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- We're nearing the end of maple syrup season in northern Michigan, but the sap is still dripping. Nestled in the woods of Crawford County is a family that's been ...

Maple Grove Farm in Afton, Tennessee, will host its “Open House” maple syrup tour, demonstration, and tasting event on Jan.

Maple syrup season is just getting underway, and clouds of steam rise from the evaporators Derik and Sue Zimmel have set up in the driveway of their Leech Lake cabin to boil away the excess liquid on ...