The sight of a steady drip of sap brought elation to Paula Babel as she lifted a metal bucket hanging off a spile in a sugar maple tree that she calls the “queen of trees.” She poured the crystal ...

From sumac spiles to bobsleds, discover the traditional tools and annual rites of pioneer maple sugaring before the age of ...

Native Americans of northeastern North America have been harvesting maple sap and boiling it into syrup and sugar for many centuries. Various tribes have legends of how this sweet bounty of the ...

I’ve always liked the idea of producing my own maple syrup. However, sugar maples (Acer saccharum) don’t grow in our high pH soils. I was intrigued several years ago to discover a long-forgotten spile ...

Maple sugaring — or syrup — season is approaching, and soon enough you'll notice buckets clinging to maple trees as hobbyists and commercial operators begin collecting the sweet sap to make maple ...