Perhaps one of the most common myths about trees, Rachael West said, is that they go dormant during the winter months, falling into hibernation until spring rolls around. But West, founder of Eating ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The winter warm spell may have derailed your plans for skiing, ice skating and snowshoeing, but there is plenty of outdoor activity happening at Blandford Nature Center. The ...

Similar to the United States’ massive oil crisis causing the government to dip into oil reserves in order to stabilize gas prices for the rest of the country, Canada is going through a crisis of their ...

Mark and Susan Lockwood have made a hobby of tapping maple trees on their Seekonk property each year for the past 24 years. In a homemade evaporator, gallons of sap are boiled all day long at the end ...

I love winter and have been hoping for a lot more snow, which we got last week, but only after an unseasonably (record-smashing) warm spell. Much as I love winter and want to stay in the moment, that ...

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 ...

"I show them the taps and let them sample the sap. Then they see the cooking and get to sample fresh syrup once it's cooled off," he said. Then, students return to their classrooms and enjoy fresh ...

“I have a dozen maple trees at home. I tap those and make about 2 or 3 gallons of maple syrup,” he said. With the efficient evaporator in the nature center’s Sap and Honey House, Wilson can make 2 ...

AITKIN — The sap wasn’t quite running, but kindergartners from Aitkin Public Schools still got a firsthand look at how maple syrup is made. The kids toured Lemire Maple Syrup in Aitkin, Monday, March ...

Sapsucker Farms in Mora, Minn. is testing out it's syrup flow from maple trees amid an unusually warm winter. CATHY WURZER: That's the sound of Jim Morrison, owner of Sapsucker Farms in Mora, drilling ...

National Maple Syrup Day on Dec. 17 brings attention to American breakfast traditions as households reach for familiar ...

This episode of Brainstorm covers environmental policy and culture Prof. Eli Suzukovich III’s “Maple Syrup and Climate Change” course, which combines lessons about indigenous philosophy, climate ...