so they are favored by maple sugar makers. Depending on the soil, climate and its genetics, a maple tree needs to be about 10 ...

But if you have a taste for maple syrup, you may think of collecting sap from a sugar maple tree. Sugar maple trees produce sap during the summer, which gets stored through the winter in their roots.

Eight years ago, Vince Portelli tapped a sugar maple tree on his brother-in-law’s property, brought the sap back to his Bloomingdale home, watched a YouTube video on how to make syrup ...