Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A leaf-shaped bottle of maple syrup beside a dish of maple syrup and a honeycomb wand - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock North Americans ...

BRAINERD, Minn. — When Vietnam-era veteran Ray Lindberg, 71, of Brainerd tried to boil his maple sap last year, it was a mess. It boiled over at home and Lindberg was left with nothing but sticky ...

Maple syrup is among one of the oldest commodities produced in the United States. Northeastern Native Americans managed maple groves, tapped trees and gathered sap to make syrup when European ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That's because producing maple syrup is a labor-intensive process. This natural sweetener has to first be collected from trees ...

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 nights are still cold but days are (mostly) becoming milder. That means it’s time to tap into those maple trees to begin the process of converting the sticky sap into delicious maple syrup or ...

Modern methods of collecting sap for maple syrup may ease the process, but Mother Nature still has the final say on the success of any harvest — especially this year. “It’s been a real warm winter; we ...

CHARDON, Ohio -- Northeast Ohio is a maple syrup-producing region, with Chardon as its capital. Gathering maple sap to reduce into the sweet elixir usually starts in mid-February, but last week’s warm ...

Alexander Watson likes his maple syrup on homemade pancakes, with a side of bacon. Take his word for it. He’s an expert in the field. A regional naturalist with the Department of Natural Resources at ...

What do you think of when you think of spring? You know spring is near when the days lengthen and the temperature begins to warm. You may think of the robin as the first sign of spring. But if you ...