WOODS, WATERS, AND WILDLIFE
HOPE for the winter-weary PHOTO ESSAY BY W.H. “CHIP” GROSS
The nearly nightly freezing and thawing coaxes moisture from tree roots, and all across the state, folks will be tapping their sugar maple trees this month (center photo above), then boiling the sap into the maple syrup that helps me survive until April (I prefer mine poured over a scoop or two of vanilla ice cream, thank you).
8 OHIO COOPERATIVE LIVING • MARCH 2022