The gift of the sugar maple trees is from a benevolent Providence.” — Benjamin Rush, in a letter to Thomas Jefferson. What’s ...

Spring is about transformation, a season often marked by its dynamic sights, smells, sounds and tastes. As humans change the ...

The soil in which maple trees grow makes a difference in how much maple syrup can be produced and even how it tastes.

The 2024 harvest season for maple syrup was short and early, due to warmer temperatures. Even so, Michigan maintained its ...

It was a misty Maple Weekend in Potter and Tioga counties as local producers opened up their doors to visitors.

On top of each container is the seal with a label that indicates this syrup is from the 72nd year of the production of Union ...

As a girl growing up in New Jersey, Judith Vogel learned early that there never was a waffle that couldn’t be improved by a ...

Arms filled with an aluminum bucket and a drill, John Lumnah trekked the short distance from the roadway to a medium-sized ...

You can tap a few different maple species in New Hampshire for sap, but sugar maples are best because they have a higher ...

Maple Sugaring Tidbits • The production of pure maple syrup is the oldest agricultural enterprise in the United States, ...

This creates pressure within sugar maple trees causing sap to flow. According to Brian Dana, the Executive Director at The Y at Watson Woods, to collect sap, you have to drill holes in the trees ...

The trees were destroyed by the Southern pine beetle. “As far as you can see, it’s dead trees,” said resident and firefighter Eric Weissbard. He said the total is in the thousands.