I’ve been making switchel for decades. Quite a few years ago, I introduced this summertime drink to the Rural Sprout community, and our readers loved it. As we head into the dog days of summer, I ...

Horse-drawn bobsleds like this one were used to collect maple sap from the buckets. The large runners enabled the bobsled to operate on snow or in mud. In addition to hauling sap in large, staved ...

MONTPELIER — Despite the cold temperature and wind, many people bundled up and headed to the Williams County Fairgrounds to eat breakfast and look over the many displays and activities at the annual ...

Vivan Varin taps a maple tree for sap to make maple syrup at Forest History Center in Grand Rapids, Minn. NINA MOINI: Many Minnesotans are currently experiencing the sweet spot of a generations-old ...

FALL CREEK — With ideal temperatures in the air at Beaver Creek Reserve, the syrup flowed at Maple Fest. While nature enthusiasts with a sweet tooth were anticipating the spring season, they visited ...

STRYKER — Seventeen Stryker FFA Chapter members visited Mike Fraley’s maple farm in Montpelier on March 3. Students learned how trees are tapped and spiles are placed in trees to collect sap into ...

NEWARK, OH- Mid to late March usually marks the end of maple syrup season. But before it wraps up, WHIZ’s Shylin Costello and Aniyah Hart hit the trails at The Dawes Arboretum to get a behind the ...

Sarai Santiago lifted the paper cup filled with clear liquid to her lips and took a sip. “This is water,” the 8-year-old Reading girl said, puzzled. Urged by her mother, Francisca Torres, and adult ...

For almost any event, 60 years is a respectable run, and I was caught by the reminder at The Dawes Arboretum of its Maple Syrup Day tradition. Beman and Bertie Dawes began tapping maple trees in late ...

The event will feature Maple King Kyle Hillegas officially tapping the first tree of the 2026 season. Wagner's Sugar Camp, now owned by the Walters family, has a history dating back to 1882. The ...

NEW CARLISLE, Ind. (WNDU) - Maple syrup season has arrived in Michiana, with sap collection running from late February to mid-March at locations across the region. Bendix Woods County Park taps about ...