LAPEER COUNTY, MI – This giant sugar maple tree stands in the middle of farming fields. It could be a new Michigan champion.

If you close your eyes on a fall day, you might hear a light breeze rustle through fallen leaves on the ground. The smell of pumpkin spice seems to float magically through the neighborhood and you're ...

Here in the Midwest, I somewhat look at our seasons as being a rotation of punishment and reward. In winter and summer, we are subjected to temperature extremes. During these times we get really cold, ...

Several tree species, including Chinese pistache and Sugar Maple, are displaying spectacular fall colors. Various shrubs like Fothergilla, Clethra, and Oakleaf hydrangea also contribute vibrant fall ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! The first heavy frost for the area was predicted Thursday night as temperatures might dip to 37 degrees Fahrenheit. Hopefully, backyard gardeners covered ...

HAMLIN TOWNSHIP, MI – Sugar maple. Red maple. Silver maple. What’s the difference? Those three maple species are part of the “tree identification pathway” at Ludington State Park, near Ludington. This ...

RICHMOND — It’s not just New Englanders who think the sugar maple tree is special. When Green Berkshires brought a Minnesota scientist to study a threatened stand of these particular maples in Mount ...

Anthracnose is a common spring disease on maple trees common in the landscape including red (Acer rubrum), silver (Acer saccharinum), sugar (Acer saccharum) and Japanese (Acer palmatum) maples.

A new set of native maple trees are now taking root along a major corridor in St. Joseph, offering a vibrant set of colors ...

Maple syrup is a sweetener made from the sap of maple trees, primarily sugar maples, by boiling the sap to concentrate the sugar. According to the “Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America,” Native ...