There's probably more written on how to kill a bigleaf maple tree than how to grow one, according to Neil McLeod of Neil's Bigleaf Maple Syrup, a farm in the tiny northwestern Washington burg of Acme.

In a forest north of Olympia, blue tubing is tautly strung between bigleaf maples. Inside, ribbons of liquid slowly snake their way downhill. It’s a brisk late January day. The tree tops sway wildly ...

SHELBURNE, Mass. (WWLP)- It was a slow start for maple syrup makers this year, and now the cold temperatures continue to slow the flow of Maple sap. Helen Gould, of Gould’s Sugar House in Shelburne ...