DEERWOOD -- Families mark the progression of time and tradition in many ways. The Hakes family does it with maple syrup. It all began in 1970 when the retired Ken Hakes Sr. started a sugar bush on 80 ...

The maple syrup season started as a dud, but as time went by the sweet sap poured from the trees. “We started in early March and the first two weeks we got nothing. We didn’t have the temperature ...

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 ...

Alexander Watson likes his maple syrup on homemade pancakes, with a side of bacon. Take his word for it. He’s an expert in the field. A regional naturalist with the Department of Natural Resources at ...

…the first drops of maple tree sap dripped out of North Hadley Sugar Shack taps on Feb. 21, the harbingers of a spring tradition from which rises sweetness in the air and even more sweetness to taste ...

March is maple syrup season in Wisconsin. The sugar maple tree and the history of maple sugaring is an important part of Wisconsin’s heritage. Genuine maple syrup follows a process of tapping trees ...