Maple sugaring — or syrup — season is approaching, and soon enough you'll notice buckets clinging to maple trees as hobbyists and commercial operators begin collecting the sweet sap to make maple ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STURBRIDGE — From Maine to Connecticut and every state in-between, local sugar shacks and farms are starting to tap maple trees, ...

NATICK - It's officially maple syrup season in Massachusetts. "Maple season is about a six-week window from when you tap the tree to when you're done collecting sap from the tree," said Haley Goulet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A leaf-shaped bottle of maple syrup beside a dish of maple syrup and a honeycomb wand - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock North Americans ...

The sight of a steady drip of sap brought elation to Paula Babel as she lifted a metal bucket hanging off a spile in a sugar maple tree that she calls the “queen of trees.” She poured the crystal ...

What do you think of when you think of spring? You know spring is near when the days lengthen and the temperature begins to warm. You may think of the robin as the first sign of spring. But if you ...

When Brian Hughes began collecting maple syrup last year, in early March, he had to plow trails through snow that was thigh high. This year, when he started on the last day of January, he was driving ...

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Welcome to New Jersey, known around the world for Tony Soprano, Turnpike tolls, chemical plants, and ... maple syrup? If a university in the southern part of the state has ...

WISCONSIN (AP) — This year’s warmer winter temperatures have allowed some maple syrup producers across the U.S. to begin tapping their trees as much as two months early. In Wisconsin, the ...

The art of maple syrup production flows through generations of Dan Potter’s family history. His great-grandfather bought the family farm in rural Iowa in the late 1880s and cleared the land for ...