All done for another year at my stove! Pulled my taps on the 31st, my trail all but disappeared and turned into an exercise akin to walking on a wet bar of soap! No complaints - ran really well at the end. Finished of with 6 gal of syrup - should keep the grand kids bouncing off the walls a while :{)
Till next year - best to all, enjoy your bounties!!
john
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