It might have been Dave Amerikaner’s first time tapping a sugar maple tree, but even as an amateur, he could tell the fast-flowing stream was a lot of sap. Sap was falling from branches, running down ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — It’s as much a Michigan tradition as playing euchre or using your hand as a map. We make maple syrup here, and this time of the year is typically the sweet spot for making the ...

Making maple syrup is not as simple as boiling water. It requires drilling into and tapping trees, lots of buckets, tubing, freezing, "sheeting" pans and boiling water. Yes, sometimes, there's even ...