Lesley, I collected 61L during those two warm days we had over a week ago. Things froze up and now during this thaw I've collected a total of 20L from Saturday through to today. That's from 19 taps. Usually my trees really give an A+ performance. Looks like summer school's in their future for this year. I'm at the top of a "mountain" here so my spring is always delayed. I'm hoping that's the reason for my late arrival to the fun. Also, I always tap down the street at a friend's place to get access to some sugar maples, but the laneway is still snowed in and I don't want to get stuck part way up. By tomorrow I should be able to consider tapping those trees without spinning my car out.

However, today I boiled what I had and got about 2L of nearup. (There's still a massive ice ball in my storage tank that didn't melt down all the way. It's probably 20L's worth.) I'll finish off the nearup to syrup another day. It was nice to finally be boiling, even if it was a quick one. It was such a beautiful day out today. Looking forward to whatever comes my way.