couldn't help myself, I gave in and put my 25 taps in yesterday at around 2pm. Heck it was close to 10C here! Well several of the pails were at the brim today, pulled down just over 25 gal sap. This will make a good batch to warm up the old pan with :{) Going to turn cold again so it will let me work out the bugs and be set for when the good runs begins.
The maples
Stood uniform in buckets, and the steam
Of sap and snow rolled off the sugarhouse.
Robert Frost
2013 12 taps - turkey deep fryer = 4 gal
2014 20 taps - new 16" x 36" mild steel pan on a Denali 3 burner stove!
2015 25 taps - 6 gal
2016 25 taps - 7 gal
2017 27 taps - 4 gal (short tap season Feb 17 to March 11)
2018 28 taps - 6 gal syrup