It seems like spring has been teasing us for a while this year. But now that we’ve reached April, it’s clear that warmer weather is here to stay and we can get started planting our gardens, cleaning up our yards and enjoying the season’s beautiful blooming trees and flowers.

Our Family Living cover story this month celebrates another early spring tradition in Iowa: tapping maple trees for syrup. We visited Greens' Sugarbush in Winneshiek County, where members of ...