Maple syrup making time has just about arrived in our area. Maple syrup makers make preparations well in advance in order to be ready for this hectic time of year. Weather conditions need to be just ...

DEERBROOK (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 already ...

The sweet tang of sap boiled into syrup greeted visitors at Maple Weekend, a two-weekend festival in upstate New York held each year at the end of March. While most vendors did not change, recent ...

Trees make up energy from their leaves and get water and nutrients from their roots. Sap serves as the transport system in a tree, with the sugary liquid moving energy and nutrients throughout. While ...