Too bad to hear that you are done, its been a wacky weather season for sure. The latest snow saved us and we are still running strong up here (nearly a foot of new snow!). Seeing the kids get involved with the hobby is awesome. Most of them cannot believe that you can get that much liquid out of a tree. I helped our neighbors with some education from home lessons for their 7-year old to learn the process of tapping trees and maple sugaring. The kids absolutely love it.
Glad to hear that you joined the site and got great advice on here. This place is an absolute wealth of knowledge from the very beginner to full blown commercial operations.
2015- Didn't know my new property enough to tap anything. 4-feet of snow on the ground.
2016- 41 Taps with home made barrel evaporator. Made 1.5 gallons syrup.
2017- 79 Taps with home made block arch evaporator. Made 2.47 gallons syrup
2018- 91 Taps again with home made block arch. Homemade RO worked great. Made 6.96 gallons syrup.
2019- 84 Taps. Building another arch. RO in place. New Smoky Lake 2x4 Divided Pan. Everything switched to 3/16" tubing.