For some families, the decorating isn’t complete until there’s a fresh and fragrant tree in the house. So if cutting down or purchasing a fresh Christmas tree is part of your family’s holiday ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Folk wisdom holds that sugar acts as food for the tree to soak up along with the water, which helps ...

In the weeks before Christmas every year, millions of Americans head to Christmas tree farms across the country to buy a real, live tree for the holiday. According to the Michigan State University ...

LAPEER COUNTY, MI – This giant sugar maple tree stands in the middle of farming fields. It could be a new Michigan champion.

Maple sugar season is underway in northern Ohio and the future of the sugar maple (acer saccharum) may be in question. Forest or sugar bush maple trees are the source of maple sugar sap used to ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. If you want to add a large shade tree to your landscape, ...

A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. Corey Snyder, a wood turner in ...

At Audubon Community Nature Center’s First Friday on February 2, Rick Rupprecht will tell you everything there is to know about how the low-sugar tree sap from Sugar Maple trees becomes the topping of ...