Don't feel bad guys. I collected 170 gallons on sunday from 80 taps. I was stoked cause i thought for sure i was going to get that much the next few days as well. I sold the sap... because with work i didn't think i could keep up with it at all. Since sunday i have collected 65 gallons off of those same taps and its really cruddy looking sap. I'll bet its commercial syrup. Dont know if i want to boil that or not.

My thoughts are

the late start for most due to cold really hurt us. I tapped first week in march and march as a whole is generally a very hostile month temps are extreme and the sun is out for much longer. This makes the trees stressed as they hang in limbo of leafing. Some times this is great for sugaring other times not. The fact that we've had 3 separate days that hit mid to upper 60's and a handful of days in the 50's killed the season. Now the trees can sense spring. Take a way those and keep it in the upper 40's to maybe 52 and we would have been inundated. The warm weather confused the trees and its going to take a couple of teen's nights to get the sap going again