OK I'm feeling better now....

[morningstarfarm]

Couldn't stand it any longer..soooo I broke out the drill and tapped a few new single trees where I put up the tubing this year. Tapped at around 3pm here and they were all running before the bit left the trees...These were all too far out to run into the tubing so its no great loss if they do dry up. Now all my trees are in direct sunlight bordering my hay fields and usually run if the temp gets up to 25 or so...Time will tell I guess..I do however, feel much better

[KenWP]

When you have the urge to tap you should get out your phone list and call somebody. It's hard to admit we have a addiction but if is possible to over come it. You just have to start over next year.
Right now I know it's to cold when I have to wear gloves. Course i don't need gloves at 32 degrees either. Theres only about 40 more days to go.

[red maples]

wow your trees are running? I am in a valley. if I drive 5 miles in anydirection the temperature can go up from 1 to as many as 5 or 7 degrees.

just a cold spot. I am always the last to loose snow too. even folks down the road from me can have grass I got snow!!!

I won't tap for "at least" another 10 days at least that what the forecast says anyway. if there is warm up toward the end of feb then I will tap a few days before!!!

You can tell its getting close though because the sun is quite warm on my face which isn't really the case in January. today it was 31 in the shade and 42 in the sun.

[Dill]

I'm not planning on tapping for 2 weeks maybe I'll have the self control to hold out until presidents day.

[Thompson's Tree Farm]

The way to have enough self control to wait to tap is to have so much left to do before you are ready that you don't have time to drill holes or get an itchy finger

[smitty76]

I am thinking the 2nd weekend (2 weeks from now) of feb. got plenty to do from now till then. hope I AM READY IN TIME!

[red maples]

my list is getting smaller. I think I have enopugh to do keep me busy until then... getting the vacuum from michelle32 tomorrow, picked up my hobby releaser from chris (maple guys) from the meeting on saturday. So I just have to tie that in. and I am working on shortening up some of laterals that is getting them down to les taps per lateral to maximize vac. and now that will have the vac need to have more wood split so there is that too. so lots to do and still have to put up the take down lines from neighbors trees. gotta few weeks noooo problem man!!!

[morningstarfarm]

I'm looking at tapping the rest this weekend...gotta tie up all the loose ends on the tubing, put on drops, oh yeah I still need to insulate the new arch and install firebricks and test fire her to clean pans....I'm probably gonna tap as i go while working on the tubing though. No mains just short runs into tanks. Man I'm in worse shape than I thought...who do I call for an intervention??

[morningstarfarm]

Oh and if anyone is caught up and bored I'd love to invite you to come help me straighten out what I've screwed up in the tubing so far. It aint pretty thats for sure

[325abn]

Surprised anything would flow around these parts right now!