Central Wisconsin

3-21-22
Finally pulled the first sap of the year 3-16 thru 3-20. 343 Gallons. Unbelievably late. Last year at this time I had processed over 2000.

3-24-22
Went and checked buckets and lines just to confirm my suspicions that the trees didn't give much in the past 4 days.
Looks like a 2 quart average per tree for the past 4 days. Dang, hate when I'm correct,

Trees running like crazy since last Tuesday. I've collected more sap in 5 days than I usually have in past full seasons. 5 gallon pails overflowing every day. Pulled taps last night. I've got more than I can handle.

Finished 3 Gallon on Friday afternoon 4/8. I also still had 22 pails that I was going to dump. About 85 Gallon. Decided to check with the local Amish to see if they would want it. They took it. They tested it at 2.9 sugar count, and were very happy to have it. I finished the year with about 9-1/4 Gallon of finished syrup. My best year ever, on 25 taps. Until Spring 2023........

Anyone tapping yet in central WI? I'm waiting at least another week yet.

I was down around Cashton Tuesday. Talked to an Amish guy and he said his brother and dad had tapped 4000 trees and were boiling. Saw some tubing around but not much else.

I put in 85 taps today, a few were dripping. Very deep snow yet.

I tapped 70 trees 3 weeks ago. Last weekend collected 90 gallons (about a dozen 5 gallon jugs were overflowing) and put in another 25 taps. This weekend collected about 70 gallons of "solid" sap. All ice - no liquid. Turned our cabin into a de-thawing hut so we could boil it off. Added another 37 taps (total 132). Still 12" of snow on the ground. Weather forecast looks perfect for sao the next 2 weeks +. (lets hope they're right for a change).