I have a maple tree purchased at a local nursery that is something along the lines of an autumn blaze cultivar. I’ve noticed over the past two years that one ...

"We've over-planted maple trees here in the U.S., and because China has the largest number of maples in the world, I'm sure we'll see some pest enter the U.S. in the next 20-30 years that will ...

Q: I’d like to plant a tree this fall in an area that was formerly a gravel driveway. The gravel goes down about 8 inches. The clay-ey soil beneath it doesn’t seem terribly compacted.

Warm winter worries maple syrup producers Ken Palmer, Lansing State Journal MASON — Bryan Droscha spent Friday afternoon in the woods, running sap lines in a newly leased parcel that will add to ...

ROSEVILLE, Minn. — Songs of spring differ by region, but in Amy Perkins' neighborhood, the music of tree sap hitting metal buckets fills the air. "My first year I collected 115 gallons of sap ...

Trees must reach a certain size before they are ready to tap, no smaller than 10-12 inches in diameter at chest height. Syrup makers usually use one tap for trees 12 to 18 inches in diameter, two ...

Our maple, no record-holder, is smaller, about 90 feet tall with a 70-foot canopy, but still of a size one doesn’t see every day. I can stand underneath the tree in the rain and barely get wet.