Maple syrup is healthier than regular sugar and rich ... Drill and drill bits for drilling holes in the trees. 2. Spiles or taps to insert into the drilled holes. 3. Buckets or sap bags.

spiles which channel the sap, hooks, buckets and lids. Maple sugaring can be a hobby or a business. In Michigan there are an "estimated 500 commercial maple syrup producers and approximately 2,000 ...

It takes 40 gallons of tree sap to create one gallon of maple syrup. The formula might come from science, but the result is pure magic, especially to Vermonters, who’ve been tapping and sugaring ...

Maple syrup is a natural for pancakes and baking, and it has shown its prowess in savory dishes. But the springtime ingredient is equally at home in cocktails, too. Bentley Gilman, head distiller ...

Looking for a sweet treat of maple syrup, maple cream, or maple cotton candy? You can find all of those and more during New Hampshire Maple Weekend on March 15 and 16. Andrew Chisholm ...

All our equipment is ready. We're ready. But Mother Nature isn't yet." Trites said maple syrup producers are generally looking for two things — days with temperatures above freezing and nights ...