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 ...

There still may be a few chunks of ice on the lake, but this year's maple yield has already been simmered into syrup. Finally, our first taste of spring. Because sap is collected over several weeks ...

SUGARING. DAJI: IT’S MAPLE SYRUP HARVEST TIME. THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION MANAGER SAYS MAPLE SUGARING SEASON DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER. >> SOMETIMES IT CAN START DATE FEBRUARY, SOMETIMES MID APRIL.

Maple syrup is famously made in spring, when below-freezing nights followed by warm days cause the sap stored in a sugar maple’s trunk to flow up and out of the tree and into buckets or plastic tubing ...

Even though Somerset County is in the heart of winter, maple producers are already celebrating the oncoming spring. The annual Somerset County Maple Producers' Association tree-tapping ceremony is at ...

When it comes to choosing a tree for a landscape, homeowners consider many things. Some plant trees for their aesthetic appeal, while others do so for their fruit. However, there are also many people ...

Penny Courser is used to a full house when she takes on the role of “maple hostess” at her father’s and uncle’s sugar house. But even Courser was surprised a few years ago when a van pulled up and ...

And just like that, maple sugaring season is here again. It may seem like spring magic, but there’s plenty of science involved when it comes to tapping trees for some sweet rewards. “Maple sugaring is ...

For most people, early spring means daylight lasts just a bit longer, and perhaps the red-wing blackbirds make their way back to the neighborhood. But for farmer Howard “Gibby” Fountain, it’s all ...

Jen Berlinghof knows spring has arrived when she hears the plink plink plink of maple tree sap hitting metal buckets and the call of the chickadees. An environmental educator with the Lake County ...