AITKIN — The sap wasn’t quite running, but kindergartners from Aitkin Public Schools still got a firsthand look at how maple syrup is made. The kids toured Lemire Maple Syrup in Aitkin, Monday, March ...

Last March, Chris LaPlante of Rochester discovered that the maple tree in her yard was dripping sticky sap on the family’s car. While some people might be annoyed, LaPlante realized, "We could make ...

An early spring — even if it's just a tease — has maple syrup producers tapping trees. A week ago, I was struck both by the unusual site of seeing dozens of trees tapped at a local park in ...

Mark and Susan Lockwood have made a hobby of tapping maple trees on their Seekonk property each year for the past 24 years. In a homemade evaporator, gallons of sap are boiled all day long at the end ...

When Randy Loch began his maple syrup business with his father in 1981, they started with 50 buckets hanging off maple trees. They boiled the sap over an open fire in a sap house made from ...

Maple sap forms a droplet at the opening of a spile on Feb.23 as the maple syrup season begins in Quasqueton. (Orlan Love/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using ...

Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Plenty of young kids tap a few maple trees, inspired by the sweet promise of maple syrup ...