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 ...

Maple syrup is a sweetener made from the sap of maple trees, primarily sugar maples, by boiling the sap to concentrate the sugar. According to the “Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America,” Native ...

There is truly nothing sweeter than syrup. After all, a true syrup is made by dissolving sugar in boiling water. But when it comes to maple syrup and pancake syrup specifically you may wonder, is ...

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 ...

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 ...

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — At first, it may not look like much: a forest, a few buckets and a slow drip. But if you wait long enough, it turns into something sweet. That slow transformation is at the ...