Dave,
you and your wife have have come to the right place. If you seach a question with no luck, just start a thread with your question and you will get all kind s of expertise and experience of the topic. Welcome aboard.
Good luck and have fun
Smitty
3rd generation maple producer
3x10 Lightning Small Brothers (on natural gas)with piggyback
Still need more taps, 1100 on vacuum
A 24' x24' sugarhouse (2011)too small(2012)
Homemade Finishing and Bottling Equipment (on natural gas)
Brother to Brother operation with plenty
of family and friends support
Still expanding, new sugar house being planned for 2018