Boiling maple sap into syrup is a time honored tradition in the Northeast, to the olfactory delight of anyone who has spent time in a steamy sugar house while inhaling the sweet maple scent of the ...

SOMERVILLE — On a cold, gray Saturday in March, people of all ages made their way to the Somerville Community Growing Center to attend the 24th annual Maple Boil Down. Over the course of the day, 525 ...

Native Americans of northeastern North America have been harvesting maple sap and boiling it into syrup and sugar for many centuries. Various tribes have legends of how this sweet bounty of the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Aaron Wightman was almost born in a sugarhouse. It was early April, and his parents were boiling maple ...

Early settlers quickly caught on and began producing maple syrup. It quickly found its way in the trade systems, and communities were setting up so-called sugar camps. Although the techniques of ...

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Forester and maple syrup expert Steven Roberge places a lid on a bucket collecting sap in his Peterborough backyard. It’s maple season in New Hampshire, and it’s not too late to become a maple ...

AMOR, Minn. — Hundreds of gallons of maple tree sap sat chilling in 55-gallon barrels at Lindentree Farm on Saturday, March 22, near Amor. With temperatures dipping to 11 degrees early that morning, ...