You might not have noticed, but drop by drop, the first harvest of 2021 has begun. There's more sunlight. Maple trees and their shallow roots break their dormancy, and the sap will be ready to rise up ...

Ever wanted to make your own maple syrup? With a few tools of the trade and a maple tree in the backyard, you’re just a few easy steps away from coating your waffles and cakes in homemade maple syrup.

My maple glazed carrots transform a handful of simple ingredients into a melt-in-your-mouth side dish that delights ALL the ...

Maple syrup is famously made in spring, when below-freezing nights followed by warm days cause the sap stored in a sugar maple’s trunk to flow up and out of the tree and into buckets or plastic tubing ...

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 ...