"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Aaron Wightman was almost born in a sugarhouse. It was early April, and his parents were boiling maple ...

This article was written by Martha Hayden and originally appeared on The Restless Viking website on April 1, 2025. Throughout North America in the crisp, early spring people gather around steamy pans ...

Boiling maple sap into syrup is a time honored tradition in the Northeast, to the olfactory delight of anyone who has spent time in a steamy sugar house while inhaling the sweet maple scent of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How sweet this maple syrup season has been. Indeed, things are looking good for this ritual of late New England winters, according ...

Native Americans of northeastern North America have been harvesting maple sap and boiling it into syrup and sugar for many centuries. Various tribes have legends of how this sweet bounty of the ...

March has arrived, and with it comes the maple-producing season! This annual event is a sign of spring in many places and unseasonably warm temperatures (at least in the Northeast and Upper Midwest) ...

Early settlers quickly caught on and began producing maple syrup. It quickly found its way in the trade systems, and communities were setting up so-called sugar camps. Although the techniques of ...

Forester and maple syrup expert Steven Roberge places a lid on a bucket collecting sap in his Peterborough backyard. It’s maple season in New Hampshire, and it’s not too late to become a maple ...

It was early April, and his parents were boiling maple sap in the Western New York shack where they produced syrup and other maple-flavored goods. “It was pretty rustic,” Wightman says, “with just ...