I love winter and have been hoping for a lot more snow, which we got last week, but only after an unseasonably (record-smashing) warm spell. Much as I love winter and want to stay in the moment, that ...

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 ...

Moorhead - The box elder may be the Rodney Dangerfield of the tree world. Dismissed for its irregular form, weak wood and association with box elder bugs, the lowly tree gets no respect. But the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now is the perfect time for maple tapping. A family-owned maple syrup business in Jones, Michigan, has over 10,000 taps in maple trees for this season. Maple Row Sugarhouse began in 2011, and the ...

Mountain Lakes, NJ residents Mikayla, 9, Hailey, 6, and Courtney Fallon join Danika, 10, Serena, 5, and Trina Kincey for a taste-test different delicious syrups, including syrup made at the Great ...

The public is invited to kick off the maple sugaring season at Lake Metroparks Farmpark by helping staff tap their maple trees. At 12:30 p.m., Feb. 26, participants will drill the hole, tap in the ...

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 ...

ASHBURNHAM — When Charles Federico and his wife, Tricia, moved into the historic community of Village Lane in Ashburnham four years ago, they did not expect to become maple syrup farmers. Out of ...