It was early April, and his parents were boiling maple sap in the Western New York shack where they produced syrup and other maple-flavored goods. “It was pretty rustic,” Wightman says, “with just ...

When sugar shacks get busy boiling maple sap into liquid gold, we know spring is around the corner. The annual ritual has taken place for thousands of years, beginning with the Indigenous peoples who ...

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 ...

Early settlers quickly caught on and began producing maple syrup. It quickly found its way in the trade systems, and communities were setting up so-called sugar camps. Although the techniques of ...

Cody Anderson feeds the evaporator fire. This time of year, Something Wild co-host Dave Anderson is busy in his sugar house. He’s trying to keep the sap boiling just as fast as it flows through the ...

Details on locations participating in the event, Saturday and Sunday and March 26-27, are listed at mapleweekend.com. They include a passel of pancake breakfasts and demonstrations of historic ...

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