well, first taps went in today, courtesy of Parker and his crew. He has been a huge help with a lot of things maple, to which I am tremendously thankful.

We are only tapping two vacuum sugarbushes this year, plus about 40 buckets. should be a touch over 700 taps. will be buying sap again this year, hoping to make 400+ gallons.

we are more than 2 weeks later than we normally tap.

have my cousin and brother coming up tomorrow to help get vacuum pumps and releasers all set. lots of tweaking and tuning still to do. Sugarhouse is pretty close, just need to flush membrane and make sure no fittings and seals have loosened up during the off season.

let the madness begin...

Keep on keeping on...

-eric