Currently, Ohio maple syrup producers tap red and silver maples. Local producer Brian Snavely, who operates a ...

If you’ve ever wondered how to tell the difference between sugar maple and red maple trees during the winter, take a close look at their twigs and buds. Sugar maple twigs are gray, and their ...

and its flavor is nearly indistinguishable from that of sugar maple sap. Silver maple also breaks bud early in spring. Stands ...

It is that most Canadian moment: pouring syrup on snow to make taffy – or the visit to the cookhouse for a plateful of ...

Better yet, growing maples doesn’t involve the excess of chemicals that cane sugar farming does. Rather, a maple tree sustains native life. Several animals rely on its bark, twigs, buds ...