I love winter and have been hoping for a lot more snow, which we got last week, but only after an unseasonably (record-smashing) warm spell. Much as I love winter and want to stay in the moment, that ...

WELLS, Maine — A local couple’s vision of their farm becoming a year-round attraction with something for every season is taking a leap forward with their first-ever participation in a beloved Maine ...

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 syrup season is just getting underway, and clouds of steam rise from the evaporators Derik and Sue Zimmel have set up in the driveway of their Leech Lake cabin to boil away the excess liquid on ...

You might not have noticed, but drop by drop, the first harvest of 2021 has begun. There's more sunlight. Maple trees and their shallow roots break their dormancy, and the sap will be ready to rise up ...

CHATHAM, N.Y. - The maple sap bubbling away in Ron Davis' upstate New York sugar house is destined for pancakes, waffles, sweets and — for years now — beer kegs. The local syrup adds a touch of woodsy ...

Here’s what I love about my friend Bruce Boyd. He’s smart enough, and dumb enough, in exactly the right ratio. But Sal, you ask, what is the exact right ratio? It turns out that 35:1 is exactly the ...

CHATHAM, N.Y. (AP) -- The maple sap bubbling away in Ron Davis' upstate New York sugar house is destined for pancakes, waffles, sweets and -- for years now -- beer kegs. The local syrup adds a touch ...

That tap, tap, tapping you hear in ESF's Heiberg Forest isn't woodpeckers looking for insects in trees, it's the forest properties crew tapping trees as maple syrup season kicks off. The College's ...

It may not seem that way these days, but spring is rising and so is the sap. It’s the perfect (and only) time of year to extract sap from maple trees to turn into syrup. And you will find no shortage ...