CHARLEMONT, Mass. (WWLP) – Normally, sugar houses across Franklin County would start collecting sap in March, but some sugar makers are ahead of schedule. Some sugar makers started a little early ...

But just how long it will last and how quickly it will flow depends on the weather. Warm daytime temperatures followed by freezing weather at night have been the perfect scenario to start tapping tree ...

TEMPLE, N.H. -- A mild winter across the Northeast is injecting extra uncertainty into maple syrup season, but many producers say they'll just go with the flow, whenever it starts. Temperatures have ...

Derick Eaton is among a growing number of backyard maple sap collectors.For the past seven years, Eaton and his young family has been tapping maples in their yard. It's on about three-acres, and they ...

WASHINGTON — Simple bamboo skirts attached to date palms can protect the trees’ tasty sap from contamination by fruit bats. In so doing, the low-tech devices may prevent the spread of lethal Nipah ...

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 ...