They are starting to open....i thought that they would close back up seeing it was 16 degrees here last night...but they are popping open...i would like to keep those taps in but i dont want to chance mixing it with the sap from my colder bush...there's only 4 or 5 trees that look like this so far and seeing as they are backyard trees, im not surprised that they are the first to go. Last week was the first really good week for us up here, other than one early run (followed by a 2 week freeze up). Hopefully the rest of the trees hang on a bit longer..i'd hate to have another short season...