Lisa Gauker held up a bottle of store-bought pancake syrup. “Is this really maple syrup?” the recreation and special events supervisor for the Berks County Department of Parks and Recreation asked.

Mark and Susan Lockwood have made a hobby of tapping maple trees on their Seekonk property each year for the past 24 years. In a homemade evaporator, gallons of sap are boiled all day long at the end ...

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 ...

DETAILS: Stop by the farm and take the self-guided trail to learn how maple tree sap has been used for hundreds of years. See how American Indians first boiled maple sap into sugar and how later ...

Forester and maple syrup expert Steven Roberge places a lid on a bucket collecting sap in his Peterborough backyard. It’s maple season in New Hampshire, and it’s not too late to become a maple ...

As March fills with maple syrup festivals, we come to learn how maple trees aren't at all like factories or franchises. No. The sap they produce and its sugar content — all necessary to boil it down ...

Winter Camping allows for unique experiences, such as making maple syrup candy on the snow. Here's how I make Maple Taffy ...

Stop by the farm and take the self-guided trail to learn how maple tree sap has been used for hundreds of years. See how American Indians first boiled maple sap into sugar and how later settlers used ...

It has been more than ten years since I made maple syrup in my backyard on a very small scale. The reasons why I quit were due to lack of time and more importantly, lack of firewood! This year I seem ...