What the industry and us backyard maple tree tappers need is a six- to eight-week period with robust freeze-thaw cycles. Typically, we might have a couple of days in January when temperatures top ...

Have you noticed discoloration on your maple tree leaves this year? You aren't the only one. Here's what you should know ...

Using numbers from the 2019 "sugaring season," Kapitko said he collected 14,000 gallons of sap and produced 235 gallons of syrup. "We normally collect 12-14,000 gallons.

But every winter, I see 5-gallon buckets pop up on area maple trees, so I spoke with two Eastside sugarmakers to learn how they make maple syrup at home.

Maple syrup timing in New York. The ideal conditions to get the sweet sap from sugar maple trees flowing is 25 degrees at night and 45 degrees during the day, where the sap freezes at night and ...

Changing winter conditions are forcing producers to adapt their processes and products for making maple syrup. One northeast Iowa maple syrup producer tapped his trees in January, 22 days earlier ...

People who say they don’t like maple trees invariably like this maple tree. Learn how to plant a Japanese maple tree in your own yard, and you'll soon understand why. These maples are compact ...

A web of tubes is seen going from maple trees to a sap collection tank work in the woods at Mort's Maple on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016 in Averill Park, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union) Lori Van Buren ...

Like all maple syrup producers, her winter is a rush of running sap—cold mornings tapping trees and warm afternoons boiling the clear, watery liquid down to a golden, viscous substance. Though ...