Explore maple history, crafts and demonstrations at Hale Farm’s Maple Sugar Festival, plus a pancake breakfast daily.

Whether you prefer a slice of peanut butter toast or buttered sourdough, there is a topping that will elevate both the flavor ...

If not for maple syrup, March in Vermont would be all about mud season. Thank goodness that the grey days and muddy roads of ...

March 21-22, 2026 | Sugarhouses Across Vermont It starts with a tap… A tiny hole in a towering maple tree, the slow, steady ...

Maple sugaring season has begun in Michigan, offering residents a chance to see how sap is harvested and turned into syrup. Michigan ranks fifth in the nation for maple syrup production, with hundreds ...

An etching from an 1879 edition of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper shows men collecting sap outside Rutland, Vermont. Vermonters originally made maple sugar, rather than syrup, because it kept ...

Shortbread cookies are delicious and fun to make, but what if you are out of sugar? There is a sweet ingredient that makes an ...

What do Bigfoot, a bubbling cauldron and three-plus politicians tapping a single tree have in common? No joke — though it’s tempting — they’re all signs of Spring Maple Open House Weekend at Baird ...

The weather isn’t quite right yet to get the sap flowing in Massachusetts' maple trees, but many sugar shacks have already announced when they intend to start flipping flapjacks for pancake breakfast, ...