Quote Originally Posted by Homestead Maple View Post
Is there any truth to the idea that the base of the trees have to have the snow melted back away from them a foot or so for good sap flow?
Not really. It would only be a problem if the snow were tightly packed around the base and frozen solid (ice)...such as might be the case if we got a hard rain on top of the snowpack and then it froze really hard. In general though, good snowpack means plenty of soil moisture, which is good.