Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Maple syrup is a natural forest food product and, for the most part, only ...

DEERBROOK, Wis. (AP) — Jeremy Solin doesn’t need a jacket right now on his family farm in northern Wisconsin. There’s no snow blanketing the dead leaves in the grove of sugar maples. There, pails ...

What do you think of when you think of spring? You know spring is near when the days lengthen and the temperature begins to warm. You may think of the robin as the first sign of spring. But if you ...

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 ...

A recent account about the maple sugaring process mentioned in passing that plastic tubes for carrying sap from tree to sugar house have largely replaced the spouts and buckets. An alert reader in ...

The sweet liquid transforms more than just your stack of pancakes. It generates income, community connections, and sustainable agricultural practices in rural areas. The 21st century reality of maple ...

The unusually warm temperatures brought out a record-setting number of guests to the Chippewa Nature Center’s Maple Syrup Day celebration Saturday afternoon. This time last year, there was snow on the ...

2020 was the year of baking, home improvement, and other quarantine projects. This year, there’s one more to try: making your own maple syrup. Making maple syrup might seem daunting, but I can ...

“A sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter,” wrote John Burroughs in “Signs and Seasons,” 1896. Each winter during the 1980s Robert E. Lucas Intermediate School’s students participated in an annual ...