After scorching my syrup pan Thursday night, changing it out and then scorching my other pan Saturday night I decided it was time to pull the plug and call it a season. The late season sap that I had been getting just didn't want to be boiled. Other than the last 2 boils it was a pretty much problem free season for a change which made it a lot of fun. After I add everything up I should be at or above a quart per tap even with the sap that didn't get boiled.

I set new records for sap gathered, gallons of syrup produced, sales on maple weekend and sales overall to this point. Most of the syrup that I made was NH Fancy but the customers don't question it for the most part and the ones that do end up buying some after they get a taste. I have been having trouble keeping quarts on the shelf and it looks like I need to can up some gallons and 1/2 gallons too.

For next season I am replacing all of the drops in my old section of woods and want to add 2 more lateral mainlines to pick a couple hundred more taps. I also want to get a 2" pump to pump my sap back up the hill and either build a bubbler for the evaporator or have one built.