With spring just a hop, skip and a jump away, Master Gardener events and gardening activities around Lafayette County are ...

Lutherlyn becomes sap central in February and March, when the maple trees in the 660-acre camp are flowing with sugary sap, ...

Homeowners often choose willow trees due to their high water tolerance, but there are other water-loving trees to try. River ...

Dry January puts a spotlight on non-alcoholic drinks to kick off the year, but some of these are too delicious not to enjoy ...

One of the most important, yet challenging, skills to nail down as a wilderness survivalist is tree ... sugar maples can reach 80-100 feet tall. While this species is widely used for maple syrup ...

Although hemlock is generally not highly valued as a timber commodity, it has some unique characteristics that have been very ...

A: As dry as you can get it so that burning it won’t gum up your chimney with flammable creosote. How to tell? One indicator ...

The Northeast has experienced significant ice storms throughout history, and we may be due for another one. Though we see ...

But inside the trees’ bark lies a sweet opportunity — sap that can be used for maple syrup ... coming from his Acme maple tree stand isn’t blended with syrup from other stands, which happens in some ...

After collecting, evaporate the sap in a large pot to make maple sugar, and continue boiling to create maple syrup. Sugar ...

Maple sugaring is a term to describe the process of making maple syrup. "...Boiling maple sap, which evaporates the water ...