The sight of a steady drip of sap brought elation to Paula Babel as she lifted a metal bucket hanging off a spile in a sugar maple tree that she calls the “queen of trees.” She poured the crystal ...
Evan Braude, a sophomore English/environmental studies major from Knoxville, Tenn., left, drills a hole for a tap as Lisa Beneman, organic garden supervisor, looks on. The two were tapping trees at ...