Von Salmi has committed 38 years to the art of maple syrup, and neither age nor climate change will stop him from practicing his favorite hobby. In 1987, Salmi built his family's home on 15 acres of ...

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After the harvesting process comes the real work of maple sugaring, which is concentrating the sap into delicious maple syrup. Commercial producers use reverse osmosis, and Kinnan says he is ...

Japanese maple trees can be pruned almost anytime of year, but save major pruning for winter when the tree is dormant. Here's ...

The Martins began tapping in January, much earlier than the traditional sugaring season start. Warming winters have shifted the timing and length of maple sugaring season in Wisconsin, the ...

Maple syrup making time has just about arrived in our area. Maple syrup makers make preparations well in advance in order to be ready for this hectic time of year. Weather conditions need to be just ...

There’s a common bit of advice that when you can hear spring peepers, it marks the end of the maple sugaring season. At Kettle Ridge Farm in Victor they heard the high-pitched trill of the tiny frogs ...