When the maple tree sap starts flowing, the French part of Canada dons checkered clothes and celebrates in sugar shacks. Ksenia Prints is a food writer, blogger, photographer and recipe developer from ...

Though March is officially considered Massachusetts Maple Month, many sugar makers have already kicked-off the 2024 season, tapping maple trees for syrup as early as mid-January with no clear end to ...

Producing other kinds of syrup could be a natural way for farmers to safeguard their harvest against warmer weather and pests. But maple experts say, the most famous syrup is here to stay. CONCORD, ...

Their seasonal business is weather dependent — warmer weather leads to more maple sap flowing out and an increase in sales of the equipment vital to its collection and transformation into syrup.

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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 ...

Christi Petersen and her husband, Todd, have never seen anything like it. The owners of Maple Moon Sugarbush and Winery were in the midst of maple syrup season when a historic ice storm hit their ...