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How to Tap Maple Trees for Syrup in Your Backyard

Have you always wanted to learn to tap maple trees to make your own maple syrup? Then you’re in luck because maple syrup ...
NBC Montana

Missoula urges public not to tap city-owned trees for syrup

MISSOULA, Mont. — The city of Missoula is reminding the public that tapping city-owned maple trees for syrup is illegal and harmful to the trees. Officials with the city's Urban Forestry Division say ...
fox6now

Making maple syrup; Wisconsin tapper explains how it's done

All Wisconsin crops are impacted by the weather, and that includes maple syrup. Maple sap collection involves drilling into mature trees, with modern methods like vacuum systems and pipeline networks ...
WTAJ Altoona on MSN

Altoona workshop teaches about tree tapping

ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — Dozens of people gathered Sunday to learn how to tree tap at Reciprocity Community Food Forest in ...
The Boston Globe

Move over maple? With climate change, new interest in tapping other trees for syrup.

Producing other kinds of syrup could be a natural way for farmers to safeguard their harvest against warmer weather and pests. But maple experts say, the most famous syrup is here to stay. CONCORD, ...
The Herald News

SouthCoast family has been making its own maple syrup for 24 years. Here's how they do it.

Mark and Susan Lockwood have made a hobby of tapping maple trees on their Seekonk property each year for the past 24 years. In a homemade evaporator, gallons of sap are boiled all day long at the end ...