After wild temperature swings in February, Hardwick Sugar Shack owners Joe and Megan Raskett aren’t sure how much longer the maple sugaring season will last. The Rasketts started boiling their maple ...

March has arrived, and with it comes the maple-producing season! This annual event is a sign of spring in many places and unseasonably warm temperatures (at least in the Northeast and Upper Midwest) ...

After the harvesting process comes the real work of maple sugaring, which is concentrating the sap into delicious maple syrup. Commercial producers use reverse osmosis, and Kinnan says he is ...

Early drilling in the woods paid off for at least two of Berkshire County’s maple producers, who got their first boil on Jan. 26. That early season was placed on hiatus, however, after a deep freeze ...

Maple season is in full swing in New England, with sap harvesters producing a variety of maple products from syrup to maple brittle, maple soda, and maple flavored ribs.

The flow of sap will usually stop if the temperature goes above 50 degrees. The gathering of maple sap dates back to the American Indians, who were tapping maple trees long before the settlers arrived ...

The typical timeframe for gathering sap from tapped maple trees, at least in my neck of the woods, is March 1 to April 1. This year, however, folks I know in the maple syrup world were tapping their ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — It’s as much a Michigan tradition as playing euchre or using your hand as a map. We make maple syrup here, and this time of the year is typically the sweet spot for making the ...