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 ...

A leaf-shaped bottle of maple syrup beside a dish of maple syrup and a honeycomb wand - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock North Americans know that when the days grow warmer and the evenings stay cold, it's ...

CADILLAC — Here in the mitten it’s officially maple syrup season and what better way to kick off the season with a demonstration on how you can extract sap from any maple tree on your property with ...

Ever wanted to tap a tree and make your own maple syrup? We’ve got four ways to learn or pitch in. Here in mid-February, maple sap may start to run in little spurts when temperatures rise above ...

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 ...

Maple sugaring season has begun in Michigan, offering residents a chance to see how sap is harvested and turned into syrup. Michigan ranks fifth in the nation for maple syrup production, with hundreds ...

Nigel Manley knows his maple. The native Englishman and senior outreach manager for The Rocks Estate in Bethlehem can determine how many gallons of sap it takes to make a gallon of maple syrup, and he ...

All Wisconsin crops are impacted by the weather, and that includes maple syrup. Maple sap collection involves drilling into mature trees, with modern methods like vacuum systems and pipeline networks ...

The sap is flowing and maple syrup season is in full swing in New York's Southern Tier and Pennsylvania's Northern Tier. Area maple producers say after a good start, warmer temperatures in recent ...