For some families, the decorating isn’t complete until there’s a fresh and fragrant tree in the house. So if cutting down or purchasing a fresh Christmas tree is part of your family’s holiday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Folk wisdom holds that sugar acts as food for the tree to soak up along with the water, which helps prolong its lifespan. People ...

Maple sugar season is underway in northern Ohio and the future of the sugar maple (acer saccharum) may be in question. Forest or sugar bush maple trees are the source of maple sugar sap used to ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. If you want to add a large shade tree to your landscape, ...

Ben Fisk, owner of Ben's Sugar Shack in Temple, uses vacuum technology to tap maple sugar trees, and is already collecting sap for the 2023 syrup season. Credit: Ashley Saari / Monadnock ...

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 ...

A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. Corey Snyder, a wood turner in ...