glad no one else in NH is tapping yet, I have been feeling like I have been missing out on all the sap running. I decided to build a sugar shack for my second year of making syrup and I started it this weekend! Got another 2 days worth of work which hopefully I can do next weekend, depending how long it takes me to figure out how to make the cupola. Thank goodness for this site which has been extremely helpful so far with guiding me along the way. I will be taping a couple trees as soons as the sugar shack is done. That way I can learn by experimentation what happens if I tap too early. Wish everyone the best.