From bark patterns to pit-and-mound topography, these 10 clues help hikers identify old-growth forests on their next ...

Every once in a while I like to take a whole day and just walk around Seattle. I’ll wander about admiring plantings, ...

In Ontario, there’s more to maple syrup than merely drizzling it over pancakes and waffles at breakfast. It’s an entire season. Maple season, that special window in early spring when sap flows and ...

The sap is up and running. As in years past, school groups and the public gathered at Montour Preserve’s “sugar bush” last week to taste and see what it takes to produce maple syrup. About 400 ...

While it feels nice to get a streak of warm weather in the winter, unseasonable weather conditions can wreak havoc on some of your favorite plants. Most plants need a period of winter dormancy, a time ...

Throughout their lifetimes, healthy forests produce more oxygen than they use, while taking in greenhouse gases via plants and soils. This ecosystem-wide service, called carbon sequestration, ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- With spring just weeks away, maple syrup producers across northern Michigan are preparing to tap trees — a process that depends heavily on the right winter weather ...

What do maple syrup and rubber have in common? They are both made from tree sap (kind of like tree blood)! However, only maple syrup is an edible sweet treat. Maple syrup is a natural sweetener with ...

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CHARDON, Ohio – Maple syrup sweetens so many of my memories. Throughout most of my life, spring meant metal buckets hanging from the rough bark of sugar maples on the main streets of Chardon. The ...

Maple Tree Inn in Homewood celebrated a huge milestone in 2025 that many restaurants don’t reach: 50 years in business. The restaurant serves Cajun/Creole staples such as shrimp and grits and chicken, ...

The homesteading pros at Gold Shaw Farm tap maple trees for syrup using the Vermont method. 'SNL' mocks Trump over rising gas prices in cold open Biggest wildfire in Nebraska history continues to burn ...