LYKENS TOWNSHIP - On a sunny day in early spring, a cloud hung over the small building between Knauss Road and Ohio 100. That cloud was steam, not smoke, but it was nevertheless a signal: It meant the ...

Working with (hopefully) large quantities of syrup, adding more as the water boils off, the process can get messy, with boiled-over liquid and sticky residue left behind. Some operators will have a ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Recently, you may have noticed metal buckets protruding from tree trunks or ...

In the early days of the museum, the focus was on sharing old items collected by the Wells family, who founded Old Sturbridge ...

Forester and maple syrup expert Steven Roberge places a lid on a bucket collecting sap in his Peterborough backyard. It’s maple season in New Hampshire, and it’s not too late to become a maple ...

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 ...

Christa Hein, of Bring the Farm to You, holds a section of a maple tree to discuss the outer and inner layers of bark. (Photo by Amy Phelps) BELPRE — The Belpre branch of the Washington County Public ...

Each February, local participants brave the cold to learn more about maple syrup production at an annual workshop at Dixon Springs Ag Center.

This story was originally featured on Outdoor Life. There are windows of opportunity in nature, and one of my annual favorites is “sugaring time.” In late winter, tree sap begins to flow, and from the ...

Justin Welch, owner of Welch’s Cane Syrup in Bonneau, SC, is the fourth generation in his family to make sugarcane syrup by boiling sugarcane juice for hours.