Hopes for this weekend?

[swampyankee]

Looks pretty cold still. Sunday is the only day above freezing and then cold again. Next weekend . Maybe!

[khuberpt]

Looking at next Sunday March 1. The accuweather outlook for March does look pretty good for sap running!

[jrmaple]

I'm going to start tapping tomorrow to my most productive and early trees so if it does run Sunday I'll get the most out of it and hopefully finish the rest sunday and Wednesday... Looks like the weather is starting to turn boys!

[Ski Bum]

Have been going on Weather Underground. They have been pretty much on target. It doesn't look good in the near future for any kind of warmth. BUT, you can't just sit and wait forever! I'm going for next Saturday, 5" to 8" expected for 3/1. All ahead full !!!! Warp factor 10 Mr. Solo!!! May the Force be with us all !!! You just got to have some fun in the madness !!!!!

[Pauly V]

I agree..Next saturday for me as well..ive got 40 taps at home..and 20 on another property.. first season for me. Did a test boil this morning and the Barrel performed well.

Good Luck!

[tanta]

This is the coldest February I've been teaching MS'ing and the latest we've tapped at Brooksvale since I started helping 10+ years ago. If you tap now, you risk splitting the sap wood. If the tree is on its way out, no harm, no foul. If it's a newbie, why risk it especially with how long they take to grow. Looks like March will be Sugaring month for Southern CT and I'm fine with that. Hoping to tap our trees the end of this week if weather begins to warm. Have fun everyone!

[markct]

Lets not forget that up north places like Bascoms and other large operations already are mostly tapped in. Frozen trees just take a little more care but its pretty hard to split them unless using the big old metal taps with a steep taper. Most of us have went to 5/16 nowdays and they take little more than a light tap to stay in the tree. I plan to start tapping Wednesday. Took the day off from work to get a jump on it as it takes a while on snowshoes. Next week looks like the start so wana be mostly tapped in by then.

[DaveB]

Lets not forget that up north places like Bascoms and other large operations already are mostly tapped in. Frozen trees just take a little more care but its pretty hard to split them unless using the big old metal taps with a steep taper. Most of us have went to 5/16 nowdays and they take little more than a light tap to stay in the tree. I plan to start tapping Wednesday. Took the day off from work to get a jump on it as it takes a while on snowshoes. Next week looks like the start so wana be mostly tapped in by then.

If it wasn't for replacing a good chunk of my lines this year, I would have tapped back in January when we had very little snow on the ground. As it is, I'm glad that I finished getting the lines up before the deep snow came. We have about 30-40" here in the woods.

I'm going to start tapping this weekend and then work on getting everything ready in the sugar house for the first good runs. One thing I think I may try is blowing a path on my roads through the woods (something I don't normally do) to minimize the walking I'll need to do in the deep snow. The only problem is that the opening on my snow blower is 30" and I know there are spots around 36" or so based on my yard and there is usually more in the woods. I guess I'll see how that goes!

[markct]

Thats what i been doing pushing out my roads with the loader to atleast drive the Mule full of tools and supplies close to where we work and minimize walking and needlessly wearing ourselves out

[markct]

Next week looks like the start! I took a vacation day tomorow so i can get started tapping and hopefuly over the weekend get the rest done