Maple trees produce “helicopter seeds” (more correctly known as a samara) en masse. I can still remember seeing thousands of seeds flying through the air when a good autumn breeze picked up, making it look as though it were raining maple seeds. But seeds from maple trees are fickle. Sometimes a lot of the seeds [...]
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Maple Syrup
When deciduous trees loose their leaves in the fall and go dormant for the winter, they store all the left-over food (sap) they’ve made from the previous growing season in their roots. They store these carbohydrates or sugars in their roots where they are better protected from the elements. Come spring, deciduous trees begin pumping [...]
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