LYKENS TOWNSHIP - On a sunny day in early spring, a cloud hung over the small building between Knauss Road and Ohio 100. That cloud was steam, not smoke, but it was nevertheless a signal: It meant the ...

Late winter is the time of year to make maple syrup. With all the hard work that goes into the different steps of syrup production, it is important to properly preserve this tasty treat. Maple trees ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“The technology just wasn’t there to process it efficiently,” Wightman says, noting that it takes about 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup. “You’d boil all night long and maybe you made ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — It’s not too late to celebrate New York State’s maple syrup industry at local farms and get a behind-the-scenes look at how maple products are made. Maple Weekend runs through Sunday ...