Working with (hopefully) large quantities of syrup, adding more as the water boils off, the process can get messy, with boiled-over liquid and sticky residue left behind. Some operators will have a ...

SOMERVILLE — On a cold, gray Saturday in March, people of all ages made their way to the Somerville Community Growing Center to attend the 24th annual Maple Boil Down. Over the course of the day, 525 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — It’s as much a Michigan tradition as playing euchre or using your hand as a map. We make maple syrup here, and this time of the year is typically the sweet spot for making the ...

Native Americans of northeastern North America have been harvesting maple sap and boiling it into syrup and sugar for many centuries. Various tribes have legends of how this sweet bounty of the ...

Christa Hein, of Bring the Farm to You, holds a section of a maple tree to discuss the outer and inner layers of bark. (Photo by Amy Phelps) BELPRE — The Belpre branch of the Washington County Public ...

If not for maple syrup, March in Vermont would be all about mud season. Thank goodness that the grey days and muddy roads of ...

Pure maple syrup is a beautiful thing, sweet, with complex flavors, and it can only come from boiling the sap from a tree, a time-consuming process dependent on the weather. This year was off to a ...

SEASON IS TAPPING INTO TRADITION IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. WEATHERWATCH 12 METEOROLOGIST GINO RECCHIA EXPLAINS WHY THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME OF THE YEAR TO TAP SIRUP. AND MAPLE SAP DRIPS FROM A TAP ON ...

This story was originally featured on Outdoor Life. There are windows of opportunity in nature, and one of my annual favorites is “sugaring time.” In late winter, tree sap begins to flow, and from the ...