I love winter and have been hoping for a lot more snow, which we got last week, but only after an unseasonably (record-smashing) warm spell. Much as I love winter and want to stay in the moment, that ...

Quite a few of my friends have been grumbling about how they can’t wait for winter to be over and that they are ready for spring. I was surprised by this. I feel the opposite. It feels to me like we ...

By Peter Albert In 2017, the Times-Standard published my article about producing syrup from Humboldt County bigleaf maples. I ...

Have you always wanted to learn to tap maple trees to make your own maple syrup? Then you’re in luck because maple syrup ...