If you’ve never been to a Maple Syrup Festival, you should consider going this year. In early spring, many parks and farms in Ohio provide a chance for people to come learn about the process of turning sap into maple syrup. You’ll learn about tapping trees, how the sap is collected,...
The hard maple group of trees includes several types such as black, silver and red maples, but it is primarily the sugar maples which are tapped for their sap owing to their higher productivity. The sap of the other trees in the grouping contains only 1% sugar, compared to 2% for the su...