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 ...

Gold Shaw Farm shows how to tap maple trees for sweet Vermont syrup.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...