Many have been eagerly awaiting it: spring has arrived over the past few days, with its renewal, awakening gardens, and the sun in the sky. It's the perfect time to start a detox regimen, to begin the ...

Rachel visited a community woodland in Gifford, East Lothian, to try her hand at some birch tapping. She met with Rupert Waites from Buck and Birch, who use birch sap in a number of ways, combining it ...

First-of-its-kind business reports growing interest for its products, which are made with sap sourced in the Adirondacks Hannah Sheehan holds a bottle of Birch Raisin Wine with Spice. The front ...

Certain tree species, such as maple, birch, dogwood and elms, have an exceptionally heavy sap flow in the early spring. When pruned or wounded, these trees will “bleed” quite noticeably. Under normal ...

Birch syrup is made from the birch sap. Traditionally birch sap was used as a beverage consumed either fresh or naturally fermented. Birch trees also have many other traditional uses: fresh spring ...

Birch water, which consists of the sap taken from birch trees, contains manganese, a mineral that helps regulate blood sugar and bone structure through calcium absorption. It is low in sugar and ...

The president of the Wadena Area Growers Association taps his maple and birch trees on his Sebeka farm north of Wadena to produce syrup he also sells at the Wadena Farmers Market.

Thought to be the only one of its kind in the country, a winemaker in Voorheesville is using a centuries-old recipe for wine made from the sap of birch trees. New York is known today for its ...