Have you always wanted to learn to tap maple trees to make your own maple syrup? Then you’re in luck because maple syrup season is almost here. The 2025 maple syrup season is on the horizon, so now’s ...

Their seasonal business is weather dependent — warmer weather leads to more maple sap flowing out and an increase in sales of the equipment vital to its collection and transformation into syrup.

Vermont sugarhouses blend traditional and modern methods to produce the liquid gold that has become as much of an iconic symbol of the Green Mountain State as cows and covered bridges. Traditional ...

From late November to early March, Ella Smoot can usually be found in one of two places: the forest or the sugar shack. Like all maple syrup producers, her winter is a rush of running sap—cold ...

Sap from maple trees starts to flow in New England around this time of year. March is the most important month for the more than 300 maple producers in Massachusetts as they create more than 70,000 ...

Evan Braude, a sophomore English/environmental studies major from Knoxville, Tenn., left, drills a hole for a tap as Lisa Beneman, organic garden supervisor, looks on. The two were tapping trees at ...