Erie County is home to sugar maple trees and Asbury Woods has a program to help people make their own syrup at home.

In order to harvest sap, maple trees need to be in a climate with weather fluctuations that freeze the sap, and thaw it, helping it flow. This is why states that have strong winters tend to favor ...

All Wisconsin crops are impacted by the weather, and that includes maple syrup. Maple sap collection involves drilling into mature trees, with modern methods like vacuum systems and pipeline networks ...

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 ...

Ever wanted to make your own maple syrup? With a few tools of the trade and a maple tree in the backyard, you’re just a few easy steps away from coating your waffles and cakes in homemade maple syrup.

Joseph Burkett knew nothing about maple syrup when he and his wife-to-be, Alethea, decided to try making it on his father’s gravel driveway 20 years ago. Tired of being cooped up inside all winter, ...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:20:39 GMT — Woody Hansen wanted a fun hobby after he retired from teaching 20 years ago. He found that making maple syrup was a fun and easy way to have something to do that ...

Andrew Amelinckx/ Hudson-Catskill Newspapers Tubing full of maple sap snakes from tree to tree on its way to becoming syrup within the walls of the Hand Hollow Sugar Shack in New Lebanon.