Correction: An earlier version of this story said just 1 percent of the state's 3 million maples are being tapped. The actual number is 1 percent (3 million) of the state's 300 million maples. In a ...

A spun aluminum bucket and lid, the traditional Canadian-style bucket. Used metal buckets can be purchased for a reasonable price but are increasingly hard to find. Tapping trees at Wellspring Forest ...

Black walnut trees have high levels of the toxin juglone, in all parts of the tree, including roots and leaves. Why keep black walnut trees? They are one only a few nut trees that survive in cold ...

Walnut trees are very special additions to the yard, offering spring yellow-green catkins and delicious walnuts in fall. While they can seem intimidating to grow, a little perseverance can make your ...

A: Yeah, that's one of the down sides of any fruit or nut tree in a high-traffic area. Another issue with walnuts (and their removal) is that their leaves, bark and roots put out a substance called ...

For many urban gardeners, black walnut is a not-friendly tree. Though black walnut is valued for its fine quality timber, they have a detrimental property that inhibits many plant species from growing ...

Black Walnut – Juglans nigra is a very large tree at maturity, growing over 100 feet tall. This native tree has large compound leaves producing 11-17 leaflets, and produces huge fruits (nuts) –large ...