Scorched leaves have brown margins and may crinkle up or fall from the tree in mid to late summer. Japanese maple likes a slightly acidic, humus-rich soil with good drainage. It will not tolerate ...

But if you have a taste for maple syrup, you may think of collecting sap from a sugar maple tree. Sugar maple trees produce sap during the summer, which gets stored through the winter in their roots.

So pick a tree that has a full, lush canopy in summer months. Just a few basic equipment items can get you ready to tap a maple tree. If you don't want to bother with boiling the sap to turn it ...