Learn how to simply filter sugar sand in maple syrup. Once you encounter the niter maple syrup contains, you can easily filter it out to get clear maple syrup. Have you ever found sediment, grit, or ...

All Wisconsin crops are impacted by the weather, and that includes maple syrup. Maple sap collection involves drilling into mature trees, with modern methods like vacuum systems and pipeline networks ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Maple syrup is a natural forest food product and, for the most part, only ...

The annual tapping of regional trees is going on now. Two local growers share learned wisdom about how it’s done combining old and new techniques.

On a cool February morning, buckets hung from maple trees along neighborhood streets in Milan, each one slowly filling with clear sap. Milan High School students in the Natural Resources class moved ...

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.

MANITOWOC - Three maple syrup producers in Manitowoc and Sheboygan counties will team for a Maple Festival/Open House from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Participating sites are as follow: Drewry Farms ...

Rivers aren't the only things flowing freely in Wisconsin thanks to the unseasonably warm February. Sap in maple trees across the state has begun its spring surge, sending nature centers, maple syrup ...

Maple sap forms a droplet at the opening of a spile on Feb.23 as the maple syrup season begins in Quasqueton. (Orlan Love/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using ...