As spring approaches, there’s magic in the woods. Trees almost defy gravity when the sap stored in their roots begins flowing upward. And the Lake County Forest Preserves takes advantage of that ...

March: The season of sap and soil. In the forest, lines are strung between maples and the trees are tapped, ready for the month's alternating low and high temperatures to send sap flowing beneath the ...

You can celebrate this sweet symbol of winter’s nearing end with some upcoming events in the area. “Maple sugaring is the process of taking maple sap and cooking it down into syrup or sugar,” said ...

But just how long it will last and how quickly it will flow depends on the weather. Warm daytime temperatures followed by freezing weather at night have been the perfect scenario to start tapping tree ...

Corinne Peterson, center, and daughter Wendy Berg spread their enthusiasm for tree sap with Clyde, 6, foreground, and Greta, 8, during a collection outing on April 18, 2014. The Bergs of St. Paul ...

Time for highlights from the spring generative AI enterprise software conference season! Yes, vendors earned that strikethrough - we heard way too much generative AI happy talk from the keynote stage.

The vernal equinox happens this year on Tuesday, March 20, at about 7:30 a.m. central time. This is the moment at which darkness equals light at the equator (hence the name of equinox). To most of us, ...