But if you have a taste for maple syrup, you may think of collecting sap from a sugar maple tree. Sugar maple trees produce sap during the summer, which gets stored through the winter in their roots.

Jeff and Paula Babel have been producing award-wining maple syrup and have loyal customers, some as far away as Germany and ...

But if you have a taste for maple syrup, you may think of collecting sap from a sugar maple tree. Sugar maple trees produce sap during the summer, which gets stored through the winter in their roots.

It all starts with finding the right maple trees. While all maple tree species produce sap, sugar maples have the absolute best quality sap with the highest sugar content and is the one syrup make ...

Projections show the prime range of sugar maple habitat shifting northward, where it is cooler. Jason Lilley, a professor of sustainable agriculture at the University of Maine, says the state's ...

You can tap a few different maple species in New Hampshire for sap, but sugar maples are best because they have a higher sugar content in the sap. Look for a tree that’s 10 to 12 inches in diameter.