Learn how to simply filter sugar sand in maple syrup. Once you encounter the niter maple syrup contains, you can easily filter it out to get clear maple syrup. Have you ever found sediment, grit, or ...

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 ...

On a cool February morning, buckets hung from maple trees along neighborhood streets in Milan, each one slowly filling with clear sap. Milan High School students in the Natural Resources class moved ...

The annual tapping of regional trees is going on now. Two local growers share learned wisdom about how it’s done combining old and new techniques.

Making maple syrup takes a lot of trees, taps, sap and time. For those willing to tackle the job, it is "tremendous," said commercial syrup maker Eric Randall. An agricultural cottage industry perhaps ...

Maple syrup season has returned to North Central Ohio. Sap should soon be flowing in most Ohio trees this week, said Gabe Karns, an assistant professor with the School of Environment and Natural ...

Weather conditions haven’t been ideal for backyard maple syrup makers this season, but local sugar shacks are still boiling and selling across the state.

Maple sap forms a droplet at the opening of a spile on Feb.23 as the maple syrup season begins in Quasqueton. (Orlan Love/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using ...

Rivers aren't the only things flowing freely in Wisconsin thanks to the unseasonably warm February. Sap in maple trees across the state has begun its spring surge, sending nature centers, maple syrup ...

You can celebrate this sweet symbol of winter’s nearing end with some upcoming events in the area. “Maple sugaring is the process of taking maple sap and cooking it down into syrup or sugar,” said ...