How Is Maple Syrup Made? Let's start with some basics: Where exactly does maple syrup come from, and how is it produced? Maple syrup is made from maple sap. It is harvested from late winter to spring, ...

With the last half of February upon us, maple sugar producers in Massachusetts and throughout the Northeast and Canada are ready for their most important part of the year, when the sap starts flowing ...

We all know maple syrup is the go-to topper for French toast, but the sweet stuff has so much more to offer. In honor of National Maple Syrup Day, I’ve rounded up some sweet facts and tasty recipe ...

Michigan is always in the top 10 U.S. producers of maple syrup, averaging around fifth place; the state produced more than 110,000 gallons of the sweet stuff in 2017. (For comparison, the nation's ...

The first signs of spring in Michigan are always sweet — but there's none sweeter than the return of maple syrup season. In honor of Michigan Maple Syrup Weekends (the first of which, for 2018, ...

Maple sap production, essential for syrup, varies based on factors like soil, sunlight, and temperature. Sustained cold weather, like the winter of 2024-25, benefits maple trees and their sap ...

The best sap is produced by sugar maple and rock maple. Maple syrup is used as a substitute for sugar. Maple trees need to be at least 30-year-old, to be tapped for their sap. About 10 gallons of sap ...

“There is in some parts of New England a kind of tree whose juice that weeps out its incision,” English chemist Robert Boyle wrote in 1663, “if it is permitted slowly to exhale away the superfluous ...

TOWN OF SCHLEY — Water from melting snow was dripping Monday off the buildings of Maple Hollow, the three-generation maple syrup producer and retailer of maple syrup making equipment.The sound of the ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) Maple sap is running in Michigan, and it’s time to celebrate! The annual Maple Sugar Festival returns to Kalamazoo Nature Center March 12 and 13. Michigan is unique because it ...