Candy-making doesn't have to be left to the machines or the professionals. These candy confections are easy enough even for ...

Sugar maple is of high ecological importance, providing food and shelter for a wide variety of organisms. White-tailed deer, moose, porcupine, squirrels and snowshoe hare commonly eat the bark, twigs, ...

Experts promise it's possible to create specialty popcorn right at home with the help of some handy tools and ingredients. As ...

POLE APART. In Grand Junction, Colo., a shiny new police car drove into a municipal parking lot on a routine assignment, ...

After I was stranded in Ohio when my car’s wheel popped off, my break from barbecue ended. I decided to lean into the Queen ...

decaying maple trees. Sure, I had seen northern flickers, as well as pileated woodpeckers — the much larger, red-headed Woody ...

Maple syrup is a fantastic topping for pancakes ... it's made by infusing roasted hickory bark and sugar together. You can try to locate a DIY recipe online (so long as you have a shagbark hickory ...

Tim McCorcle, of Cabot, led an educational session on tapping sap from maple trees on Saturday, Jan. 11, at the South Butler ...

Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) is another good choice ... since they like the same soil conditions as black cherry and add texture with their distinctive bark and leaves. American Holly (Ilex opaca) is ...

Three reports by scientists hired by a nonprofit document the plant and wildlife ecology of this area of proposed logging.

Despite its name, soft maple is a more than adequate species for furniture, flooring, cabinets and other products.