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Jars of freshly made maple sugar line a table covered with a red-checked table cloth. The maple syrup in the jars ranges from an amber color to a deep brown.

Recipes: 7 Maple Sugar Sweets & Treats to Make This Winter

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It’s the sweetest time of the year at Great Parks. As the freezing nights give way to warmer days, the sap starts to flow and maple season is officially underway! Nature Interpreter Stephanie shares some crowd favorite maple recipes that go beyond pancakes.

Red Pickled Eggs in a glass jar

Replay: Pioneer Thanksgiving Cook-Off

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Join us on our Facebook page every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. Welcome to our feast! Nature Interpreters Luke and Will are battling it out in this Thanksgiving cook-off – pioneer style. Follow along and try these pioneer cooking recipes at home.

Recipes: A Pioneer Thanksgiving

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Celebrate Thanksgiving frontier-style with one of these pioneer recipes. Nature Interpreters Luke and Will battled it out during our pioneer cook-off, but now it’s your turn to try pioneer cooking right at home.

A black walnut sits in a vice. There are black walnut shells scattered around it.

Replay: Black Walnuts 101

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Join us on our Facebook page every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. It’s Black Walnut Week! We shared recipes, showed you how to tie-dye – what more can you do with black walnuts? Nature Interpreter Paul tells us more about the science of one of Ohio’s favorite native nuts in today’s video.

Replay: The Great Black Walnut Bake-Off

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Join us on our Facebook page every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. It’s Black Walnut Week! Learn about this local delicacy all week long and we’re starting off with black walnut recipes you can make at home. Find out which recipe wins the great bake-off in today’s video.

Pawpaw fruit hangs from a pawpaw tree.

An Amazing Super Fruit: The Pawpaw!

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September brings signs of crisp mornings, falling leaves and ripe pawpaw fruits. If you aren’t familiar with the pawpaw, it is a true miracle fruit.