The basic process of sugar maple syrup production is fairly ... suction develops, drawing water into the tree. This replenishes the sap in the tree, allowing it to flow again during the next ...

The sugar maple in 2022; photographs of the tree taken in 1942, top, and 1952; the tree’s bark; and its stump. Still, I hoped we could save her. Prune the dead limbs. Trim back. A little longer ...

Two of the most popular sweeteners we have are honey and maple. While honey is locally produced all over the world, maple syrup is coveted more as drawing sap from the trees, is a very labor ...

It was as if the maple trees were sweating ... that April afternoon in 2023, the tree roots were clearly at work drawing up moisture and turning it into sugar-filled sap. The crew were out ...

A sweet surprise in the woods! A sweet surprise in the woods! On an early spring walk, Evie came across a Sugar Maple tree that had been tapped—but not by people. Evie checks out the visitors ...

The sight of a steady drip of sap brought elation to Paula Babel as she lifted a metal bucket hanging off a spile in a sugar maple tree that she calls the “queen of trees.” She poured the ...

March is maple syrup season in Wisconsin. The sugar maple tree and the history of maple sugaring is an important part of Wisconsin’s heritage. Genuine maple syrup follows a process of tapping ...

Eight years ago, Vince Portelli tapped a sugar maple tree on his brother-in-law’s property, brought the sap back to his Bloomingdale home, watched a YouTube video on how to make syrup ...