Unless you are intent on making your own maple syrup, you probably haven't given tree sap much thought. So, let's take a deeper dive into a tree's 'blood' or sap and the normal flow in the fall for ...

Perhaps one of the most common myths about trees, Rachael West said, is that they go dormant during the winter months, falling into hibernation until spring rolls around. But West, founder of Eating ...

NATICK - It's officially maple syrup season in Massachusetts. "Maple season is about a six-week window from when you tap the tree to when you're done collecting sap from the tree," said Haley Goulet ...

AUBURNDALE, Wis. (WSAW) --- Students at Auburndale Middle/High School learn maple tree tapping in their school forest as part of their Agriculture class in what the teacher says is a decent maple sap ...

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 ...

Last March, Chris LaPlante of Rochester discovered that the maple tree in her yard was dripping sticky sap on the family’s car. While some people might be annoyed, LaPlante realized, "We could make ...

It was late afternoon before we got the maple-tapping gear loaded into the trailer and the tractor hitched up. I went through a checklist, picturing each step of the procedure as I looked at the wagon ...

WINTERGREEN —The sweet smell of tree sap wafts across the porch of the Wintergreen Nature Foundation as volunteers collect, boil and fill jars of maple syrup. At 3,500 feet, the location is unique, ...

Q: I recently purchased a home with several mature navel orange trees. One of the trees has about half the bark missing from the trunk and sort of circular looking lesions that ooze sap in the area ...

From left: Matthias Taylor, Xiell Owens, Scott Kellogg and Francis Magai at the fire pit where sap is boiled to produce syrup with the Radix Ecological Sustainability Center, on Wednesday, Feb. 23, ...