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The Astonishing Amount Of Maple Sap It Takes To Make A Gallon Of Pure Maple Syrup

Maple syrup is nature's nectar, but you've probably noticed that the real deal comes with a high price tag. Given how much ...
The News-Messenger

Master Gardener: Future of sugar maples

Maple sugar season is underway in northern Ohio and the future of the sugar maple (acer saccharum) may be in question. Forest or sugar bush maple trees are the source of maple sugar sap used to ...
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Making Maple Syrup at the Heiberg Memorial Forest

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 ...
The Journal

Try backyard maple sugaring this January and February

Anyone can learn how to collect, boil down, and create their own maple syrup or sugar from trees they may have in their own backyards. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is presenting a ...
MLive

‘We knew the tree was special.’ Giant sugar maple stands untouched amid open fields

LAPEER COUNTY, MI – This giant sugar maple tree stands in the middle of farming fields. It could be a new Michigan champion. Once struck by lightning, the tree continues to thrive, providing shade and ...
The New York Times

A Fading Tree, Once Majestic, Had to Come Down. But It Wasn’t the End.

A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. Corey Snyder, a wood turner in ...
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Abnormally dry summer has maple syrup producers worried it won’t be a sweet spring

After an abnormally dry summer, maple syrup producers in the Atlantic region are anxiously waiting to see what winter weather brings and how it'll impact their yield. "I'm quite concerned on the ...