Weather conditions haven’t been ideal for backyard maple syrup makers this season, but local sugar shacks are still boiling and selling across the state.

The beginning of spring brings many pleasant aromas, but an underrated one is the sweet, woody scent of boiling maple sap.

Ah, maple syrup. Whether in a breakfast bowl or dressing, or poured over crepes, it is simply irresistible. It’s harvested at ...

Maple trees need specific conditions for sap to flow, and cold temperatures have delayed syrup production. Producers say if ...

Temperatures in Erie were colder than usual in February and warmer than usual in the first half of March. Sugar makers have ...

SEBEKA, Minn. — Maple sap has been dripping, and in some cases gushing, weeks earlier than normal for Minnesota’s maple syrup producers. The maple woods are normally just waking up and beginning to ...

Doug and Janet married in the spring of 2012, and their plans to start making syrup came soon after visiting a maple syrup ...