For mature trees, I tend to use the overall shape and branching patterns to identify trees in winter. Sugar maple? White pine? Hemlock? I can generally identify those from a distance while in a moving ...

Observing and identifying trees is a type of play that benefits kids in multiple ways. For starters, research has found that simply being around trees improves cognitive development and lowers the ...

Visitors who braved the brisk March weather got a glimpse of the maple sugaring process, at Blue Slope Country Museum’s annual “Make Mine Maple” event March 4. Members of the farm’s Staebner family, ...