I headed out to Alberta to work for the summer this past weekend, but wish I was back home making syrup. There is still 1-2 feet of snow in the bush up around Bancroft and the Renfrew County area, especially on the north facing slopes. The trees only really started to run this past wkd., before that there was only 2-3 small runs and lots of cold weather. From what i hear from the folks back home it's too warm today for the sap to run, and the forecast is then looking too cold Thurs. and Fri. with highs of 2-3 above zero. I would caution anyone north of 7 from pulling their taps yet if they're still making good tasting syrup and their bush isn't facing south. Looks like there could be a crazy spring snow storm at the end of this week. What the old timers like to call a sugar snow as it comes near the end of the season and helps prolong the season. Envr. Canada recently issued winter storm watches for around the GTA and a special weather statement for all of southern Ontario indicating the potential for significant snowfall for eastern parts of the province. The weather network is forecasting 20+cm for Peterborough and up towards Bancroft and around 10cm for the Ottawa area. Right now I'm predicting one last big run for this Fri. through to Sunday. I've seen the sap run gangbusters before in the midst of poring rain and heavy wet snow.