From late November to early March, Ella Smoot can usually be found in one of two places: the forest or the sugar shack. Like all maple syrup producers, her winter is a rush of running sap—cold ...

Working with (hopefully) large quantities of syrup, adding more as the water boils off, the process can get messy, with boiled-over liquid and sticky residue left behind. Some operators will have a ...

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 syrup makers have competed in a judging event for nearly a century during the Geauga County Maple Festival season. Thousands of people are descending in northeast Ohio this weekend for a sweet ...

By Tom Latek Kentucky Today You may think of maple syrup as being produced in northern states, but Kentucky has over 100 producers tapping the trees, and agriculture officials declared February as ...

Families in Vermontville tap maple trees to start syrup season, preparing for the 85th maple syrup festival while teaching children about tradition.