Perhaps one of the most common myths about trees, Rachael West said, is that they go dormant during the winter months, falling into hibernation until spring rolls around. But West, founder of Eating ...

IN NEBRASKA IN THE FUTURE. IT’S TIME TO TAP THE TREES. THE 31ST ANNUAL MAPLE TREE TAP HAPPENED THIS MORNING, OFFERING PEOPLE A CHANCE TO SEE HOW MAPLE SIRUP IS MADE. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S DEVON ...

Maple sap forms a droplet at the opening of a spile on Feb.23 as the maple syrup season begins in Quasqueton. (Orlan Love/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using ...

Mar. 19—FEDERAL DAM, Minn. — Tapping maple trees to collect the sap they produce is perhaps the quintessential rite of spring in this part of north-central Minnesota rich in its source of the tasty ...

SAUKVILLE, Wis. (CBS 58) --- You don't need a sugarbush, a sugarbush house or a complicated cook process to make your own maple syrup in Wisconsin. You just need a maple tree, a drill, a spile and ...

Like Glinda the Good Witch in "The Wizard of Oz," Kristin Tindall sends children on a yellow-brick road of discovery. Tindall is instructing sixth-graders from C.A. Frost Elementary School to follow ...

It’s now that special time of year where temperatures are below freezing at night and above freezing during the day, creating the perfect conditions for naturalists and hobbyists alike to collect sap ...

It only takes a few hours to turn sap into syrup, but normally, tapping trees is still a few weeks out. Not Maple Rows Sugarhouse In Jones, Michigan; they're already at work. They have a special ...

AUBURNDALE, Wis. (WSAW) --- Students at Auburndale Middle/High School learn maple tree tapping in their school forest as part of their Agriculture class in what the teacher says is a decent maple sap ...

The lid and connector assembled plus the tubing and “Y” connector. The plastic tubing can be a bit stiff at times. To soften the ends before attaching it to the connectors, a quick dunk in some hot ...