Well been busy here cause I now can't use sugar shack stove, creosote buildup cause I was burning green wood from the pallets, even though I cleaned out stove and chimney as best as I could between burns, so I was risking both syrup tasting of creosote and a shack fire. Luckily the cold weather froze up storage jugs and pails hard enough that was able to get sap concentrate, though I felt guilty chucking away ice. But now that I have to revert to boiling indoors see no other way to do it.
Been tapping since 2008.
2018 - 17 taps/7 trees...819l sap, approx 28l syrup
2019 - 18 taps/8 trees...585l sap, 28l syrup...21:1 ratio
2020 - 18 taps/8 trees...890.04l sap...gave away about 170l, 30l snafu'd....23l total for me from approx 690l
2021 - 18 taps/8 trees...395l sap, 12 l syrup
2022 - 18 taps/8 trees....7 sugars 1 red due to #2 having surgery so had the season off....582l sap, 18.5l syrup
2023 - 18 taps/8 trees...all sugars again. 807l sap, so far approx 14l syrup