I love winter and have been hoping for a lot more snow, which we got last week, but only after an unseasonably (record-smashing) warm spell. Much as I love winter and want to stay in the moment, that ...

Quite a few of my friends have been grumbling about how they can’t wait for winter to be over and that they are ready for spring. I was surprised by this. I feel the opposite. It feels to me like we ...

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

Don’t be a sap. Tap your maple trees and get that syrup. Spring is right around the corner, so that sweet sorghum is ready to flow. What’s better on pancakes than maple syrup, especially when it comes ...

By Peter Albert In 2017, the Times-Standard published my article about producing syrup from Humboldt County bigleaf maples. I ...