Erie County is home to sugar maple trees and Asbury Woods has a program to help people make their own syrup at home.
In order to harvest sap, maple trees need to be in a climate with weather fluctuations that freeze the sap, and thaw it, helping it flow. This is why states that have strong winters tend to favor ...
All Wisconsin crops are impacted by the weather, and that includes maple syrup. Maple sap collection involves drilling into mature trees, with modern methods like vacuum systems and pipeline networks ...
Ever wanted to make your own maple syrup? With a few tools of the trade and a maple tree in the backyard, you’re just a few easy steps away from coating your waffles and cakes in homemade maple syrup.
From late November to early March, Ella Smoot can usually be found in one of two places: the forest or the sugar shack. Like all maple syrup producers, her winter is a rush of running sap—cold ...
Maple syrup is a uniquely North American product thanks to its many sugar maple trees and a freeze/thaw cycle from late winter into spring that allows sap to flow. It is a staple of the American ...
Joseph Burkett knew nothing about maple syrup when he and his wife-to-be, Alethea, decided to try making it on his father’s gravel driveway 20 years ago. Tired of being cooped up inside all winter, ...
The Oregon Maple Project in Clackamas County turns big leaf maple sap into syrup while bringing students, families and the community together.
Making maple syrup in New England’s fickle spring weather can be an unpredictable business. Now, President Donald Trump’s ever-changing tariff policies are adding anxiety about an industry that ...
Maple syrup makers have competed in a judging event for nearly a century during the Geauga County Maple Festival season. Thousands of people are descending in northeast Ohio this weekend for a sweet ...