Perhaps one of the most common myths about trees, Rachael West said, is that they go dormant during the winter months, falling into hibernation until spring rolls around. But West, founder of Eating ...

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 ...

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 ...

The nights are still cold but days are (mostly) becoming milder. That means it’s time to tap into those maple trees to begin the process of converting the sticky sap into delicious maple syrup or ...

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Mark and Susan Lockwood have made a hobby of tapping maple trees on their Seekonk property each year for the past 24 years. In a homemade evaporator, gallons of sap are boiled all day long at the end ...

Like many people, Elaine Duclos was too busy raising children (six of them, in fact!) and caring for aging parents to spend much time cultivating enjoyable hobbies during her middle-aged years. But it ...

Bette’s son Paul Lambert and his cousin John Silloway are the third generation to run the farm, which last year produced 3,500 gallons of syrup from 6,200 taps. In all, 22 members and four generations ...

FRANKLIN – About a dozen fifth-grade students crowded around Michael DeMain and a 175-year-old maple tree in the forest preserve surrounding the Wehr Nature Center in Franklin, eager to collect sap on ...

FUNKS GROVE — There are several ways to spruce up your cooking. One is maple syrup, a product of boiled maple tree sap that is tapped this time of the year at a farm less than 12 miles southwest of ...

FRELINGHUYSEN - In early March there's often snow on the ground, sap flowing strongly through plastic tubing on the hillside, and steam rolling out the peak of Sarah's Syrup's sugarhouse in the middle ...