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 ...

FRANKLIN – About a dozen fifth-grade students crowded around Michael DeMain and a 175-year-old maple tree in the forest preserve surrounding the Wehr Nature Center in Franklin, eager to collect sap on ...

When the high temperatures rise above freezing and the daily lows stay below freezing, the sap starts to run in maple trees. On April 6 at Maplewood State Park near Pelican Rapids, Minn., the ...

SAUKVILLE, Wis. (CBS 58) --- You don't need a sugarbush, a sugarbush house or a complicated cook process to make your own maple syrup in Wisconsin. You just need a maple tree, a drill, a spile and ...

“Nature has its own way of providing us with sweeteners.” That’s according to Five Rivers MetroParks, which has been tapping its maple trees for sap at Carriage Hill MetroPark, located at 7850 E.

SO WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS ACTUALLY GET IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HERE. SO THAT SO THAT THE SPILE WILL FIT IN. ALL RIGHT. SO IS IT. ALL RIGHT. LET’S SEE. ALL RIGHT. I’D RATHER HIT. YEAH. USING AN ...

Maple Tree sap tapping has been difficult this year due to the record amount of snow and late spring start. Maple syrup farmers in the northland are waiting anxiously for the weather to warm up enough ...

You might not have noticed, but drop by drop, the first harvest of 2021 has begun. There's more sunlight. Maple trees and their shallow roots break their dormancy, and the sap will be ready to rise up ...

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 ...