Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 19—FEDERAL DAM, Minn. — Tapping maple trees to collect the sap they produce is perhaps the quintessential rite of spring in ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 31st annual Maple Tree Tap in Hancock, Iowa, brought together families to learn about tree tapping basics and silver maple ...

The nights are still cold but days are (mostly) becoming milder. That means it’s time to tap into those maple trees to begin the process of converting the sticky sap into delicious maple syrup or ...

Mountain Lakes, NJ residents Mikayla, 9, Hailey, 6, and Courtney Fallon join Danika, 10, Serena, 5, and Trina Kincey for a taste-test different delicious syrups, including syrup made at the Great ...

AUBURNDALE, Wis. (WSAW) --- Students at Auburndale Middle/High School learn maple tree tapping in their school forest as part of their Agriculture class in what the teacher says is a decent maple sap ...

Families gathered in the frigid cold Saturday to pick out their tree to tap for sap at the New Canaan Nature Center. For the next two months, each family will return several times a week to "their" ...

The perfect pancake topper can be found in Wissahickon Valley Park next month when the area's sugar maple trees will be primed for tapping. Also known as the Tree House, the Wissahickon Environmental ...

About the time you thought you ought to be out tapping maple trees it got too cold to even go outside, let alone for the sap to flow. During those five days of unrelieved subzero wind chills (Feb. 16 ...

Maple syrup season is just getting underway, and clouds of steam rise from the evaporators Derik and Sue Zimmel have set up in the driveway of their Leech Lake cabin to boil away the excess liquid on ...

The 31st annual Maple Tree Tap happened in Hancock, Iowa. Participants were able to celebrate with a little bit of sweetness by trying fresh maple syrup. During the event, families learned about the ...