Correction: An earlier version of this story said just 1 percent of the state's 3 million maples are being tapped. The actual number is 1 percent (3 million) of the state's 300 million maples. In a ...

Steps 1-3 below describe the method for tapping trees. Steps four and five describe the method for making syrup. [1] You’ll know that “sap’s up” when freezing nights are followed by warm–and usually ...

The homesteading pros at Gold Shaw Farm tap maple trees for syrup using the Vermont method.

Perhaps one of the most common myths about trees, Rachael West said, is that they go dormant during the winter months, falling into hibernation until spring rolls around. But West, founder of Eating ...

WELLESLEY — Eventually, Natick Community Organic Farm’s maple syrup will be destined for towering stacks of pancakes or waffles. But first comes tapping, the process by which the farm uses drills and ...

Maple Tree sap tapping has been difficult this year due to the record amount of snow and late spring start. Maple syrup farmers in the northland are waiting anxiously for the weather to warm up enough ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The city of Missoula is reminding the public that tapping city-owned maple trees for syrup is illegal and harmful to the trees. Officials with the city's Urban Forestry Division say ...

Maple syrup has been a staple of North American cuisine since long before the first European settlers arrived. However, back ...

DEERBROOK (AP) — Jeremy Solin doesn't need a jacket right now on his family farm in northern Wisconsin. There's no snow blanketing the dead leaves in the grove of sugar maples. There, pails already ...