Anthracnose, a fungal disease affecting maple trees, is prevalent in Greater Columbus due to the cool, wet spring. The disease causes brown leaf spots, curling leaves and premature leaf drop, but ...

DEERBROOK (AP) — Jeremy Solin doesn't need a jacket right now on his family farm in northern Wisconsin. There's no snow blanketing the dead leaves in the grove of sugar maples. There, pails already ...

Maple syrup making time has just about arrived in our area. Maple syrup makers make preparations well in advance in order to be ready for this hectic time of year. Weather conditions need to be just ...

I love winter and have been hoping for a lot more snow, which we got last week, but only after an unseasonably (record-smashing) warm spell. Much as I love winter and want to stay in the moment, that ...

Vivan Varin taps a maple tree for sap to make maple syrup at Forest History Center in Grand Rapids, Minn. NINA MOINI: Many Minnesotans are currently experiencing the sweet spot of a generations-old ...

Learn why your maple tree might be struggling and how to properly water large trees during drought conditions. Plus, discover the best mulches for effective weed control in your garden.

Maple syrup season is just getting underway, and clouds of steam rise from the evaporators Derik and Sue Zimmel have set up in the driveway of their Leech Lake cabin to boil away the excess liquid on ...

Bruce Hopper, owner of Pure BS Maple Shack in Auburn with his wife, Maria, is a jolly gentleman who brings jugs of maple syrup to his neighbors in exchange for allowing him to tap their glorious sugar ...

Nature has much to share with us on the first day of spring, like the clean sweet caramel taste of pure maple syrup. At River Trail Nature Center in Northbrook on Sunday, families were introduced to ...

Sunday felt like a true changing of the seasons with temperatures ranging in the 50s. The sun and heat brought a big spring melt for most of the metro, which was perfect conditions for one of ...

The sun came out! So it was a day for me and a friend to head to the Boy Scout Camp Trail, dodging rain puddles here and there. A tree swallow cavorted over the river, making long, graceful swoops. We ...