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173 taps out. Some are in poor trees, but a little bit is better than nothing. 185 gallons so far. The hillside is getting messy - gonna be a difficult season getting to it and getting it out. It is...

I am still prepping for tapping, but may pull the trigger late next week. I need to get out in the woods to make sure the paths are clear. I have three days of VA appts. to deal with next week first....

Same here in Adams County. I am going ahead and boiling today, but I will have to look at tomorrow's sap to see if it is worth my time tomorrow night. I will collect around the house this evening and...

We tapped everything Friday night and Saturday. We ended up with 163 taps. I really doubt I will have any huge run now with above freezing temps at night, but some of trees will run well Monday and...

Good luck! It sounds like you have made some serious upgrades this season. I hope it all goes as planned!

Myself and a couple other local folks are tapping this weekend as well. I plan on about...

Good luck Cuse! I am a full time teacher as well which can be good and bad. That break is good for prepping and occasional snow days are always welcome. It can be tough keeping up, but I have...

SW is probably right. If you do have ash falling in, it will darken the syrup. Hopefully, it is all just the sediments. Even with some ash, it won't kill ya!

S of 70, I think you are doing great from your video. You might want to add a stack if you can. Having stove pipe will draw the fire better and keep more ash away from your pans. I had a concrete...

Glad to see my Hamersville friend is tapping. I collected almost 70 gallons this evening. I have about 125 gallons to start boiling Friday. I just can't get to it until then. I should get another...

Thanks Dobbs. I hope we have a good year. I think we will have some decent runs this week.

I tapped the rest of the trees I plan to tap yesterday afternoon. I am at 143 which is less than usual, but my balance is off with some herniated discs so I am avoiding the steep hillsides. The 66...

I have been wanting to tap, but it has been crazy warm. I may start tomorrow on my home trees. I modified check valve spouts for sap bags so I am OK tapping while warm prior to what might be a...

I finished tapping this evening, but didn't collect much. I boiled my 100 gallons down to 20 and will see what tomorrow brings. Should be 2-3 days of good sap then we wait on next weeks cold snap.

I only have about 20 taps left to get out after this evening. I only have 50 gallons of sap in my tank and I didn't have time to collect tonight. I am sure I will have plenty to start boiling...

I got 66 taps out today around the house. I need to get started on the 90 or so I will tap on my parent's farm next door. I hope to get them out by the weekend. Some were dripping, but they should...

They are talking about a major snow storm (possibly) coming through here this weekend so I will play it by ear. I put bags on the rings today and will keep getting my tapping supplies ready. ...

I have never finished in Feb, but all this talk makes me wonder if I need to pull the trigger next weekend. I agree that it will be darker this year. We have not had enough cold weather. Half of...

Based on your totals, our sugar content was about the same. I should be thankful we did as well as we did. I think a lot of folks north of us had bad years.

As I expected, the sap was not good. Pulled most of the taps and will finish tomorrow. I ended up boiling just over 1300 gallons and have 32 finished gallons. I can live with that.

I never got around to pulling taps last week so I emptied the bags and decided to see what happened after the hard freeze. It was 15 degrees this morning. I have a few trees running like crazy, but...

After a freeze Tuesday night, I did get 100 gallons of good sap to boil. I hope I can get a few gallons tomorrow from my good trees to get me over 1300 gallons. I have never boiled this late in...

I brought in 170 gallons since Thursday. It seems the ground was frozen deeper than usual since they still run without freezing nights. I have seen no signs of budding yet so perhaps I can boil...

After looking at the forecast, I decided to collect in the dark tonight before the 2" of rain starts in the morning. The hillside is a mess and I doubt I will go down there again for a few days. I...

I collected a surprising 90 gallons today. I guess the ground is thawing deeper and forcing some more sap. My far hillside trees have not performed as well as the home flat ground trees. I hope...

Had a tough time getting out there today in the rain and mud. I collected 50 gallons and I doubt I will get 10 gallons tomorrow. I may not collect at all if the home trees look dry. I am at 820...