This provides food so the trees can grow their leaves. It takes about four to six weeks for the leaves to emerge from the buds. During these weeks, sap can be collected and transformed into a ...

A technological revolution has transformed the ancient tradition of sugar making—with big implications for local economies and ecosystems imperiled by climate change.

Sugar maples produce maple sap, which can be used to make maple syrup. The yield of sugar maples is one of the highest among maple trees. The Morton Arboretum warns again pruning maps in the spring as ...

Sugar maples are the biggest sap producers, so they are favored by maple sugar makers. Depending on the soil, climate and its genetics, a maple tree needs to be about 10 inches in diameter before ...

Each spring, students and staff from the Myaamia Center and students and staff from the Western Program tap ten sugar maple trees in Peabody Woods. Maple sugaring, the process of making maple sugar ...

The Onondaga’s relationship with maple trees, which they regard as the ... gather baseline knowledge of how climate affects sap flow, sugar content, and overall yield, data that will inform ...

Know which variety of maple trees grow in your yard. Some varieties, like sugar maples, yield thicker, sweeter syrup due to their high sugar content. 2. Gather your equipment and supplies beforehand, ...

A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. Corey Snyder, a wood ...

People who say they don’t like maple trees invariably ... best to prune deciduous (leaf-losing) trees when they are dormant, maples tend to “bleed” sap when pruned in late winter or early ...

Photo by Simon Berger The star of the show is also one of the earliest changers, the maple tree. With their broad ... set by conditions that started the sap running mid to late February.