This year will be the seventh season the Sissons, who run Bittersweet Maple Farm in Berne, have used this sugar house. Last year, they made 518 gallons of maple syrup. Mush the dog guards the sugar ...

Carter Durow getting a taste of sweet sap from a maple tree. Submitted photo If you are looking for a wholesome, fun, family weekend activity with the bonus of getting a little fresh air at no cost, ...

Sugar maples are called “Goldilocks” trees for good reason. Preferring temperatures to be just right, the trees produce more ...

While sugar makers are busy tapping, boiling and bottling syrup, Baystaters are also keeping busy — eating liquid gold, that is. So-much-so, that about 50,000 to 60,000 gallons of maple syrup are ...

LENOX — Bill and Elaine Markham built their current sugarhouse on New Lenox Road 40 years ago, but their roots in making maple sugar go back much further. Elaine's father ran his own sugaring ...

PETOSKEY — While Michiganders are putting their winter coats away, maple sugarbushes in the region are collecting from their trees. At Maple Moon Sugarbush and Winery in Petoskey, the 20 acres of ...

Highland Meadows owner Jack Krider checks the sap density with a hydrometer. Mirror photos by Patrick Waksmunski FREDERICKSBURG — With a stately brick home surrounded by rolling pastures, Highland ...