PORTSMOUTH — Students at Robert J. Lister Academy are expected to plant two sugar maple trees as part of the city’s annual Arbor Day celebration. The event is scheduled for April 24 and will begin ...

Growing a maple tree from seed: 138-day time-lapse journey Watch the incredible transformation of a maple tree as it grows from seed to sapling in this 138-day time-lapse. Starting with the collection ...

FAIRFIELD, VT. — In faded photographs hung on the sugarhouse wall, a young couple collects sap from galvanized steel buckets while horses pull a sleigh through snow-covered woods — the storybook image ...

With the temperatures rising many of the maple trees in the area will soon be ready to be tapped for syrup. While syrup tapping has been a tradition at Chautauqua Lake Central School since 2023, ...

HIGHTOWN, Virginia — The woodpecker was the first sign of something strange underway. Ronnie Moyers heard the bird hammering in the woods one morning in late February, several weeks before the species ...

MONTPELIER — The annual Maple Syrup Festival will be held March 28 from 7:30 a.m.-noon at the Williams County Fairgrounds here. The family-oriented event will begin with a pancake breakfast with maple ...

ACME, Wash. — Every bottle of Neil's Bigleaf Maple Syrup starts with a drill, a tap and a maple tree that's been standing in the foothills of the North Cascades for centuries. "Everything that's ...

Question: During the recent warm spell, I saw someone tapping maple trees for syrup. Isn’t it too early? Answer: Tapping maple sap is ready when nature says so, and for some experienced “sugarbushers, ...

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The process of gathering maple syrup is long and arduous. It’s maple syrup season, meaning it’s Vermont’s time to shine. Known worldwide for its maple industry, Vermont sugar makers produce over 3 ...

In the 19th century Indiana was a maple sugar powerhouse. That changed during the Great Depression. After decades of dormancy, however, the maple sugar industry has started to make a comeback in ...

What do maple syrup and rubber have in common? They are both made from tree sap (kind of like tree blood)! However, only maple syrup is an edible sweet treat. Maple syrup is a natural sweetener with ...