There's probably more written on how to kill a bigleaf maple tree than how to grow one, according to Neil McLeod of Neil's Bigleaf Maple Syrup, a farm in the tiny northwestern Washington burg of Acme.

In a forest north of Olympia, blue tubing is tautly strung between bigleaf maples. Inside, ribbons of liquid slowly snake their way downhill. It’s a brisk late January day. The tree tops sway wildly ...

SHELBURNE, Mass. (WWLP)- It was a slow start for maple syrup makers this year, and now the cold temperatures continue to slow the flow of Maple sap. Helen Gould, of Gould’s Sugar House in Shelburne ...

TEMPLE, N.H. -- A mild winter across the Northeast is injecting extra uncertainty into maple syrup season, but many producers say they'll just go with the flow, whenever it starts. Temperatures have ...