The maple trees in your backyard are no less loaded with sap than any of the thousands of maple trees being tapped right now on maple farms across much of Pennsylvania and in states and Canadian ...

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 ...

In the late winter months, when nighttime and daytime temperatures oscillate from deep-freezing to above-freezing, an imperceptible shift begins to take place in the trees around us. This huge ...

With a few pieces of equipment, some maple trees, and patience, you can easily make delicious, pure maple syrup in your own backyard. We had a place in Vermont with maple trees out back. During a ...

Kate Whelley McCabe and Justin McCabe met in a warehouse in Ohio in 2000. They were recent college graduates with hard hats and management jobs, working for a big supply company. Now, two children, ...

This easy Homemade Maple Syrup is perfect for all your breakfast foods, and can be prepared in under 20 minutes! I absolutely love pancakes and waffles, they are probably in my top five favorite foods ...

The lid and connector assembled plus the tubing and “Y” connector. The plastic tubing can be a bit stiff at times. To soften the ends before attaching it to the connectors, a quick dunk in some hot ...

Q. I recently purchased property with six healthy, large sugar maple trees. How can I tap the trees and produce my own maple syrup? A. Late winter and early spring are the perfect times to make ...

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 ...

It might have been Dave Amerikaner’s first time tapping a sugar maple tree, but even as an amateur, he could tell the fast-flowing stream was a lot of sap. Sap was falling from branches, running down ...