Brent, heard your area was to get freezing rain today.
Brent, have you tested the sugar in your sap?
The neighbour said he wasn't going to tap any soft maple this year because of the bud size. I looked at some of mine and they didn't look too bad. I'm pretty sure the buds on the hard maples are more noticeable than normal. I saw a sapling hard maple and it looked almost like it was going to pop. I hate this winter that wasn't winter. No ice in Lake Erie and no elevation could quite likely result in a poor season.
2239 total taps. 443 gravity line, 1806 buckets
3x12 remake of a Small Bros. Lightning evaporator.
3x9 Darveau raised flue pan, 3x3 D&G reversible finishing pan.
Reist arch
94 Argo 8x8 Magnum
06 Argo 8x8 Avenger with a 100 US gal. poly tank in the back.
30 - 45 Imperial gallon gathering station barrels
1200 Imperial gallons in holding tanks
Husqvarna 61
Husqvarna 365