The homesteading couple behind Gold Shaw Farm fires up the backyard setup to boil gallons of sap with the simplest maple ...

A few days later, with some prodding from my daughter, we launched our own maple syrup enterprise. Each year for the next several years, my family and I enjoyed this rewarding experience while ...

Few breakfasts are more satisfying than a stack of fluffy pancakes or waffles generously smothered with butter and real-deal maple syrup (the stuff that comes from trees). However, like many of life's ...

The sight of a steady drip of sap brought elation to Paula Babel as she lifted a metal bucket hanging off a spile in a sugar maple tree that she calls the “queen of trees.” She poured the crystal ...

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 ...

Cody Anderson feeds the evaporator fire. This time of year, Something Wild co-host Dave Anderson is busy in his sugar house. He’s trying to keep the sap boiling just as fast as it flows through the ...