So this is my third year, and this year I've run into a new (to me) problem. Every time I have time to boil, the sap in my buckets (I'm all buckets) is frozen solid. I tried bringing them in overnight the night before boiling, but that barely did anything. We're talking 2 gallons plus of solid ice in each bucket. I hate to just throw giant ice cubes on my evaporator, but I keep waiting for them to melt at least 50% (I would save the melt, and toss the remaining ice). But after waiting about a month, it's just not happening. Instead, every time there's a warm day, the new sap just drips onto the big ice cube in the bucket, and then freezes into a bigger ice cube by morning. Very frustrating!

What to do?

Gabe