Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) is a deciduous tree also referred to as hard maple or rock maple. It is one of the largest and most important hardwood species in North America, typically reaching 70-90 ...

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A month after a tree was partially cut down on the city’s back streets, a Watertown woodworker brought it back to life: one ...

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My friend Terry Gulick, who passed away earlier this year, used to tease me about my favorite yard tree. Terry did a lot of ...

To allow for partial sunlight exposure, plant your Japanese maple beneath a shade tree with a spacious canopy, such as oak, sugar maple, silver maple, bronze maple, or beech), as opposed to ones with ...

Maple syrup in a glass bottle. Real maple syrup is a natural sugar made from the sap of maple trees that is generally believed to be more nutritious than refined sugar. Maple syrup in a glass bottle.

Dr. André Marette, lead scientist on the project, in a media release, said, “We know from decades of research that maple syrup is more than just sugar. It contains over 100 natural compounds ...

The result is a discolored, sometimes sunken, area of bark on the southwest-facing side of the tree. Young trees, newly planted trees, and thin-barked trees such as cherry, crabapple, honey locust, ...

“We know from decades of research that maple syrup is more than just sugar. It contains over 100 natural compounds, including polyphenols, that are known to prevent disease in part through their ...