For polygamo-dioecious plants, some individuals in the population will have flowers of both sexes on the same plant. Most ...

Ever since she was young, Jaylin Butler has looked forward to the time when she could become the Tioga County Maple ...

HAMLIN TOWNSHIP, MI – Sugar maple. Red maple. Silver maple. What’s the difference? Those three maple species are part of the “tree identification pathway” at Ludington State Park, near Ludington. This ...

You probably know maple syrup as a topping for pancakes and waffles, but the uses of this hearty sweetener go beyond breakfast. Although it’s ideal for morning treats and baked goods, maple syrup is ...

CEDAR FALLS — The 39th annual Maple Syrup Festival with an all-you-can-eat pancake feast will be held March 14-16. Along with pancakes, the fundraiser meal features pure maple syrup from Hartman ...

Maple syrup has long been a staple of North American breakfasts, especially across the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada, where its production originated. It’s made by boiling down sap collected ...

Ever wondered how to tap a maple tree and store the sap properly? In this video, I’ll show you how we harvest and store sap in our northern food forest — turning it into rich, homemade maple sugar. A ...

These three maples have somewhat similar-looking leaves. On the surface, you may think this is simply an academic exercise. But if you care about invasive plants and local ecology, this distinction is ...

AMOR, Minn. — Hundreds of gallons of maple tree sap sat chilling in 55-gallon barrels at Lindentree Farm on Saturday, March 22, near Amor. With temperatures dipping to 11 degrees early that morning, ...

Maple sugar season is underway in northern Ohio and the future of the sugar maple (acer saccharum) may be in question. Forest or sugar bush maple trees are the source of maple sugar sap used to ...