Last March, Chris LaPlante of Rochester discovered that the maple tree in her yard was dripping sticky sap on the family’s car. While some people might be annoyed, LaPlante realized, "We could make ...

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 ...

DEERBROOK, Wis. (AP) — Jeremy Solin doesn’t need a jacket right now on his family farm in northern Wisconsin. There’s no snow blanketing the dead leaves in the grove of sugar maples. There, pails ...

Maple sap forms a droplet at the opening of a spile on Feb.23 as the maple syrup season begins in Quasqueton. (Orlan Love/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using ...

I’ve always liked the idea of producing my own maple syrup. However, sugar maples (Acer saccharum) don’t grow in our high pH soils. I was intrigued several years ago to discover a long-forgotten spile ...

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 ...

Paul Hartschuh is a son of Marvin and Hattie. Marvin was the first generation to make maple syrup on his Lykens Township farm on Ohio 103. They had six children, but only Paul, Dwight and Ivan were ...

2020 was the year of baking, home improvement, and other quarantine projects. This year, there’s one more to try: making your own maple syrup. Making maple syrup might seem daunting, but I can ...

Don’t get too sappy about it: The 2022 maple sugaring season is nearing its end in Western Pennsylvania. Dan Roseum, owner of Roseum Maple Syrup in Murrysville, expects the season to last one or two ...

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 ...

DEERBROOK (AP) — Jeremy Solin doesn't need a jacket right now on his family farm in northern Wisconsin. There's no snow blanketing the dead leaves in the grove of sugar maples. There, pails already ...