When “Clergyman” wrote his letter, most Vermonters who made maple sugar only produced enough to meet their own families’ needs. An etching from an 1879 edition of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper ...

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 ...

Eric Bartkowski, an educational assistant, works on the fire in the evaporator during a maple sugaring demonstration at the Great Swamp Outdoor Education in Chatham. Participants learned how to ...

Quite a few of my friends have been grumbling about how they can’t wait for winter to be over and that they are ready for spring. I was surprised by this. I feel the opposite. It feels to me like we ...

Linda Price, an environmental educator, provides factual information on syrup to the group during the Maple Sugaring event at Reed-Reeves Arboretum in Summit on Saturday, January 30, 2021Get Photo ...

EMPIRE, MICH. -- The first signs of spring’s arrival at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be extra sweet this year, as the park hosts its second annual Maple Sugaring Days. This public event ...

LANCASTER Pa. (WHTM) — When the nights are below freezing and the days are above freezing, sap begins to flow up and down inside maple trees, which means it’s maple sugaring season. Sugar maple sap is ...

A group of hikers explore the art of maple sugaring ion display Saturday and Sunday from 10-2 at the Bear Branch Nature Center. A pancake breakfast on Sunday caps off the events. Volunteer Chris ...

Joe Quick of St. Charles, along with his wife and children, elected to enjoy a family outing the first weekend in March by visiting the LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles on Sunday for the ...

If you’re mad for Michigan maple syrup, you’re not alone. According to the Michigan Agricultural Council, our state produces about 90,000 gallons of maple syrup annually. Michigan ranks seventh ...

Baltimore County Recreation and Park’s naturalist Lena Sawyer teaches kids about the process of tapping a maple tree using a homemade tap, or spile, from a sumac branch. The Benjamin Banneker ...

At-home evaporators sold out, and attention to the maple sugaring classifieds surged. By Michelle Sinclair Colman Stress-baking and panic shopping. Vegetable regrowing and crafting. Now we can add ...