2020 was the year of baking, home improvement, and other quarantine projects. This year, there’s one more to try: making your own maple syrup. Making maple syrup might seem daunting, but I can ...

With a few pieces of equipment, some maple trees, and patience, you can easily make delicious, pure maple syrup in your own backyard. We had a place in Vermont with maple trees out back. During a ...

There are windows of opportunity in nature, and one of my annual favorites is “sugaring time.” In late winter, tree sap begins to flow, and from the right trees, this sap can be collected and ...