As the season comes to an end (we are boilings syrup today) it's great to reflect on all we accomplished together as a community. A...

It's good. To tap into community. For us it's tagline and mission, simply put. It is also necessary. A necessity. The current state of...

Check out the latest issues (February) of Philadelphia Magazine. There's an in-depth article about how I went from tapping one tree to...

For those that come to Oak Lane Maple just wanting syrup I want to let you know that I truly value you and appreciate your needs. I think...

Over the years of community building, I've been asked to speak to the pres. So it was nice to be asked to share my passion for maple...

We are getting ready to tap the trees and get the sugar shack up and running. My daughter made this video on a very warm January 2nd,...

The Sugarbush is the term used for a forest of trees that are tapped for syrup. In Philly and surrounding area we have a forest, an urban...

The leaves are turning beautiful yellows, oranges, and reds so it's time to prepare for the 2022 maple season, it's just a few months...

Oak Lane Maple has created a partnership with Wyncote Academy, just 1/2 mile from East Oak Lane. Wyncote Academy is creating a new Plants...

It was fun and rather exciting to talk about maple tapping on Fox 29 News 10 days or so ago. Please check out the coverage. When you are...

As I head into another planting season I’ve been considering trees. Trees create a place. Oak Lane Maple is in large part a celebration...

Check out the great article in Philly Magazine.

While walking with a forester in East Oak Lane in January I started seeing the neighborhood and its trees through his eyes. I have only...

When the pandemic started I had one goal that stood out more than any other (besides surviving). That my children would believe that...

Is it over? Is this the end? Seasons come and go. And maple’s is rather short here. There may be more. Or not. The weather looks...

Close to 200 people attended today's goat and maple walk with Philly Goat Project at the Awbury Arboretum. I spoke, answered dozens of...

Between Saturday and Thursday morning, we collected 135 gallons of sap from black, red, silver, and sugar maples in East Oak Lane and...

Well, it happened. Yesterday, after collecting over 80 gallons of sap in one day from 40 trees my body had had enough. My hip failed and...

The other day a friend of mine, a farmer, activist and organizer said "farming is community development." I've been trying to approach...

I spend many of my days outside, often in the sun, regularly getting wet. I am tired from all the activity but in a good way, and I am...