1. In October, buy 50 buckets, lids, and taps, and a nice-looking sugaring pan, from a lady who advertised on Craigslist. Total outlay: $400. What a deal! She also includes two 55-gallon barrels, and ...

SEARCY COUNTY, Ark. — As snow melts on a February day in Searcy County, the sunshine warms the land and the mercury climbs to near 40 degrees. “Today is a good day and we've got perfect weather ...

Sugar maple trees don't grow just anywhere. Luckily for pancake and waffle lovers, Pennsylvania and Erie County are within the native range for this species that produces the sap used to make maple ...

CHARDON, Ohio – Maple syrup sweetens so many of my memories. Throughout most of my life, spring meant metal buckets hanging ...

Cooking maple syrup all starts with a hole 7/16ths of an inch in diameter being drilled into a maple tree. That's one of the easier parts for Lavern Schmitz of Richfield, who produces more than 100 ...