Every year I teach several winter-tree identification classes. Even though they are always held outdoors no matter how cold it is, student evaluations indicate such classes are generally fun. Showing ...

Maple sugar season is underway in northern Ohio and the future of the sugar maple (acer saccharum) may be in question. Forest or sugar bush maple trees are the source of maple sugar sap used to ...

Maple sugaring — or syrup — season is approaching, and soon enough you'll notice buckets clinging to maple trees as hobbyists and commercial operators begin collecting the sweet sap to make maple ...

Sugar maple can be a sweet addition, but its invasive impostor is not. Here's how to tell the difference between a Norway maple vs sugar maple.

The maple trees in your backyard are no less loaded with sap than any of the thousands of maple trees being tapped right now on maple farms across much of Pennsylvania and in states and Canadian ...

When the maple tree sap starts flowing, the French part of Canada dons checkered clothes and celebrates in sugar shacks. Ksenia Prints is a food writer, blogger, photographer and recipe developer from ...

FRANKLIN – About a dozen fifth-grade students crowded around Michael DeMain and a 175-year-old maple tree in the forest preserve surrounding the Wehr Nature Center in Franklin, eager to collect sap on ...

While authentic maple syrup can be difficult to make, the process is supposed to help teach lessons like patience. Maple syrup season is over, but the lessons of the sugar maple tree continue to flow ...