Well I decided yesterday Friday it was time to tap. Went out and put in 80 taps. To my big surprise it ran a bit. In 4 hours I collected 5 gallons of sap. Not even enough to get boiling. I need at least 40 gallons to have a good 4 hours burn. Today does not look good so I think I will freeze the sap to keep it fresh.
However it was encouraging to see the spills dripping! The snow is so deep it is not funny. lucky enough the turkeys made a trail that helped quite a bit but snow shoes are a must. Any body else got some sap yesterday?
2011 35 taps
2012 50 taps
2013 80 taps maybe to 100
2014 80 taps
2015 New sugar shack, 50 taps on buckets and 100 on 3-16 gravity tubing.
A tolerating wife and a 14 years old not so helper.
2016 New evaporator and 150 taps all on 3/16 high vacuum gravity.