What the industry and us backyard maple tree tappers need is a six- to eight-week period with robust freeze-thaw cycles. Typically, we might have a couple of days in January when temperatures top ...

But every winter, I see 5-gallon buckets pop up on area maple trees, so I spoke with two Eastside sugarmakers to learn how they make maple syrup at home.

For those who want to get in on maple sugaring season, Ober of the Ohio State University Extension office is offering a Maple 101 Workshop at Geauga Metroparks The West Woods, Novelty. It runs ...

Maple syrup season is highly dependent on the weather and this winter is providing a head start.There is only a 4-to-6 ... There is only a 4-to-6-week window that tapping can happen on maple trees.

AVERILL PARK, NY (WRGB) — As we head now into the late part of winter, it's the time of the season that typically begins the tapping of maple trees for sap used to make pure maple syrup. However ...

Nick Downs with Merle Maple said that he can tap roughly 500-600 trees per day. “The winter is milder and warming up sooner, so we start tapping sooner,” said Greg Zimpfer with Merle Maple.

So like it or not, maple syrup season is happening. Get your trees tapped, because they're dripping like crazy right now," said Petrella. Barkhausen tapped their trees on Feb. 2.

Participants can try their hand at tapping a tree, sample farmhouse-made maple and walnut syrup and buy maple sugar candy on-site. Admission: $5 INFO: 1:30 to 3 p.m., March 5; 200 New Hwy ...

Q: I’d like to plant a tree this fall in an area that was formerly a gravel driveway. The gravel goes down about 8 inches. The clay-ey soil beneath it doesn’t seem terribly compacted.

WISN.COM SLASH LINKS. OUR UNSEASONABLY WARM WINTER MAY COME AT A PRICE TO LOCAL MAPLE SIRUP PRODUCERS. AS METEOROLOGIST GINO RECCHIA REPORTS, SOME ARE ALREADY TAPPING TREES EARLIER THAN USUAL IN A ...

ROSEVILLE, Minn. — Songs of spring differ by region, but in Amy Perkins' neighborhood, the music of tree sap hitting metal buckets fills the air. "My first year I collected 115 gallons of sap ...