March has arrived, and with it comes the maple-producing season! This annual event is a sign of spring in many places and unseasonably warm temperatures (at least in the Northeast and Upper Midwest) ...

Have you ever wondered how some of our slang words evolved into a meaning that is totally different than what the word is defined as. In my lifetime I have witnessed this with such words as: cool, ...

Northern Michigan’s sugar maples stood tall and strong, sap flowing from taps into lines and collection buckets to be boiled down into the state’s sweetest crop. The maple syrup season was in full ...

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 ...

If there is one leaf shape everyone knows, it’s the maple leaf. Botanically, it’s known as palmately lobed. Just the other ...

The typical timeframe for gathering sap from tapped maple trees, at least in my neck of the woods, is March 1 to April 1. This year, however, folks I know in the maple syrup world were tapping their ...

In late March 2025, a once-in-a-generation ice storm devastated the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, striking at the height of the maple syrup harvesting season. The storm snapped the crowns of ...

Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo), commonly known as Boxelder, is a native tree species found throughout southern Manitoba. It ...

PORTSMOUTH — Students at Robert J. Lister Academy are expected to plant two sugar maple trees as part of the city’s annual Arbor Day celebration. The event is scheduled for April 24 and will begin ...