Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue tubes collect sap from maple trees and deliver it to the sugar house at Bendix Woods County Park in New Carlisle as visitors ...

For those who want to get in on maple sugaring season, Ober of the Ohio State University Extension office is offering a Maple 101 Workshop at Geauga Metroparks The West Woods, Novelty. It runs from 9 ...

The art of maple syrup production flows through generations of Dan Potter’s family history. His great-grandfather bought the family farm in rural Iowa in the late 1880s and cleared the land for ...

WISN.COM SLASH LINKS. OUR UNSEASONABLY WARM WINTER MAY COME AT A PRICE TO LOCAL MAPLE SIRUP PRODUCERS. AS METEOROLOGIST GINO RECCHIA REPORTS, SOME ARE ALREADY TAPPING TREES EARLIER THAN USUAL IN A ...

After the harvesting process comes the real work of maple sugaring, which is concentrating the sap into delicious maple syrup. Commercial producers use reverse osmosis, and Kinnan says he is ...

Every winter, John Cermak and his family drill holes into 2,200 maple trees on their 45-acre farm. They hammer steel spouts into those holes, and then they wait. “The ideal weather for us is when it ...

Dennis Snook, owner of Paddy Mountain Sugar Shack in Millmont, Union County, usually marks Valentine’s Day as the start day to tap his 375 sugar maple trees. But this year, he tapped on Jan. 27. Just ...

It’s been a pretty great winter, but we’re transitioning into a new time of year that’s much beloved: maple syrup season. Maple producers are rooting for a strong harvest. Adam Wild, who directs ...

Japanese maples, Acer palmatum, are popular, highly ornamental trees that add value and lustrous color to your landscape. Considered low maintenance, they grow well in USDA hardiness zones 5 through 7 ...

Prune before new growth begins. Japanese maple trees (Acer palmatum) add interest to your landscape all year long. Their delicate palmate leaves form a lace-like canopy in vibrant shades of green, ...

Norway maple trees are quite common in the U.S., but they're actually an invasive species that can mess with local ecosystems ...