Central Ontario Tapping

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Fun day!

Boiled a total of 155L of sap. I have two pots of 'nearup' gently simmering on the stovetop. My Norway was the only soft maple giving up sap on this overcast and breezy day. However what it did give me was admirable - 5L @ 3.5.%.

The sugar maples were stars today. Two of the trees had overflowed their 2 gallon buckets and were offering 3%. That meant 6 gallons of 3%! The day's total from 8 trees was;
5L Norway @ 3.5%
2L Norway @ 2.5%
10L sugar maple @ 2.5%
18L sugar maple @ 2.25%
19L sugar maple @ 3%

With a collection total of 54L, increasing sugar content and my first boil of the season, I had a great day. The nearup will become syrup another day. Oh yeah, I almost forgot that I added a second tap to one of the sugar maples that overflows its bucket with 3%. That brings my tap total to 21.