The reasons we do so many is my mother-in-law does gluten-free, non-processed sugar baking and sells in the area. They were spending up to 1500 a year on maple syrup lol, so we decided to get it for free! By free, I guess I mean 1000s of hours of labour and 1000s of dollars in buckets, pans etc. I just have fun doing it.

The trails are a bit dicey - we have about 75 acres here and I am thinking about moving farther back in the bush to where the trees are closer together. Right now everything is close to the house just for convenience, but there are better trees farther back on the lot. Once the snow melts, we will be able to get across the bridges to the back. It would be great if you could come check it out then and see if you think its feasible. Should be good to go by Mid-April.

Thanks for everything.
M