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Maple syrup from New Jersey: You got a problem with that?

Mar. 25, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Welcome to New Jersey, known around the world for Tony Soprano, Turnpike tolls, chemical plants, and ... maple syrup? If a university in the southern part of the state has its way, the sticky sweet brown stuff you put on your pancakes might one day...

More than 100 iconic cherry trees in Washington are being cut down. So long, Stumpy

Mar. 22, 2024 10:07 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The sun is setting on Stumpy, the gnarled old cherry tree that has become a social media phenom. This year's cherry blossom festivities in Washington will be the last for Stumpy and more than 100 other cherry trees that will be cut down as part of a multiyear restoration of...

Allergy season arrived early in US. Here's how to keep pollen from ruining your spring

Mar. 22, 2024 06:08 AM EDT

Allergy season is here — and it's earlier and stronger than expected. More than 80 million Americans deal with itchy eyes, runny nose and other symptoms of seasonal allergies, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. The level of misery people will...

A rare Czech almond grove blooms early after an unusually warm winter

Mar. 22, 2024 01:40 AM EDT

HUSTOPECE, Czech Republic (AP) — Masses of white and pink blossoms in a rare almond grove in the Czech Republic appeared earlier than usual after one of the warmest winters on record. The almond trees are usually among the first to bloom at the beginning of spring, on the turn of...

A new Banksy mural sprouts beside a cropped tree in London. Many see an environmental message

Mar. 18, 2024 17:26 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — A new Banksy mural drew crowds to a London street on Monday, even before the elusive graffiti artist confirmed that the work was his. The artwork in the Finsbury Park neighborhood covers the wall of a four-story residential building and shows a small figure holding a...

AP PHOTOS: Collecting sap to make palm sugar is an arduous, and less appealing, job for Cambodians

Mar. 16, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Chin Choeun spends nearly 12 hours a day collecting sap from palm trees that he and his wife turn into palm sugar. The 54-year-old boasts of being one of Cambodia's most skilful palm tree climbers, having learned the skill from his father. But after 36...

Maple syrup season came weeks early in the Midwest. Producers are doing their best to adapt

Mar. 08, 2024 09:51 AM EST

DEERBROOK, Wis. (AP) — Jeremy Solin doesn't need a jacket right now on his family farm in northern Wisconsin. There's no snow blanketing the dead leaves in the grove of sugar maples. There, pails already hang beneath spiles in the trunks that have started dripping sap. And the ground is muddy —...

Dreaming of summer peaches? Some gardening tips for growing a peach tree in many climates

Feb. 20, 2024 09:52 AM EST

I planted my first peach tree last June, five months before Pantone named Peach Fuzz the 2024 color of the year. How serendipitous! Today peachy tones are showing up everywhere, from TV backdrops to home furnishings, clothing and brand logos. But for me, it’s not about the trend...

In Uganda, refugees' need for wood ravaged the forest. Now, they work to restore it

Jan. 13, 2024 23:16 PM EST

NAKIVALE, Uganda (AP) — Enock Twagirayesu was seeking sanctuary when he and his family fled violence in Burundi, and they found it in Uganda, the small East African nation that has absorbed thousands of refugees from unsettled neighbors. Twagirayesu’s family has grown from two...

Unsold Christmas trees are on the menu for elephants and bison at the Berlin Zoo

Jan. 04, 2024 08:03 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — There’s a bit of post-Christmas cheer on the menu for elephants and other tenants at the Berlin Zoo: they can chomp on Christmas trees that didn’t find a home. The tree treats were unwrapped Thursday in what has become an annual event. Elephants tore off branches...