"As the tree is waking up, the chemistry of the sap allows us to produce a delicate maple syrup. As the season progresses, that sap is changing to get ready to put buds and leaves on the trees and ...

Maple sugar season is underway in northern Ohio and the future of the sugar maple (acer saccharum) may be in question. Forest or sugar bush maple trees are the source of maple sugar sap used to ...

This time of year, as the snow melts and the trees awaken, they're working 18-hour days to keep up with the flow of sap and syrup cooking before the maple sugaring season ends later in the month.