Sap is the 'blood' of a tree, helping to move nutrients from the roots to the limbs. Some sap is not unusual, but excessive amounts may mean trouble. Learn what it means when you notice a lot of sap, ...

Yesterday’s sparkling water is today’s coconut water is tomorrow’s … birch tree sap? Birch water, a waterlike sap tapped from birch trees, is the latest beverage to join an alternative water market ...

Alistair Gardiner [email protected] Apr 24, 2020 Apr 24, 2020 Bears are emerging from their dens, waterfowl are returning from their winter retreats and the snowpack is starting to melt. And for ...

BALTEZERS, Latvia (Reuters Life!) - Gourmet chef Martins Ritins holds up a jar filled with a crystal clear liquid and says "wow" after taking a sip. Like many people in Latvia and other northern and ...

The chartreuse leaves of the birch tree are one of the first signs of spring in Southcentral Alaska. But for a few weeks before the leaves unfurl the trees offer a sweet treat –a watery liquid that ...

Birch sap will soon be running as the weather warms up in Mat-Su. Gerald Keene is getting his sap lines in shape north of Wasilla at his 4 Trees Birch Syrup property. Keene tapped 635 birch trees last ...

Our big birch has finally given up after decades of bronze birch borer and sapsucker damage. Rows of regular horizontal holes about one-quarter-inch in diameter cover the trunk from bottom to top.