Native Americans of northeastern North America have been harvesting maple sap and boiling it into syrup and sugar for many centuries. Various tribes have legends of how this sweet bounty of the ...

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 ...

Maple syrup is nature's nectar, but you've probably noticed that the real deal comes with a high price tag. Given how much sap it takes to make, it makes sense.

The spell of warm weather that started in late December got the maple sap running, and some of the state’s largest syrup producers are boiling it already. While sugar making is more commonly ...

SOMERVILLE — On a cold, gray Saturday in March, people of all ages made their way to the Somerville Community Growing Center to attend the 24th annual Maple Boil Down. Over the course of the day, 525 ...

The uncharacteristic weather this winter has allowed Ohio maple trees to produce sap earlier than normal. Sap started flowing the first week of February at Malabar Farm State Park, according to Matt ...

Looking to sweeten a long and bitter winter? There may be a private sweet shop growing in your yard, producing sugary sap that can be turned into maple syrup. Maple sugaring, the process that turns ...

Steam is rising at sugarhouses across the state as their season to shine approaches ahead of the 40th annual Maine Maple Sunday on March 26. The event, traditionally held the fourth Sunday in March, ...

Cody Anderson feeds the evaporator fire. This time of year, Something Wild co-host Dave Anderson is busy in his sugar house. He’s trying to keep the sap boiling just as fast as it flows through the ...

ASHBURNHAM — When Charles Federico and his wife, Tricia, moved into the historic community of Village Lane in Ashburnham four years ago, they did not expect to become maple syrup farmers. Out of ...