Checking what VT sugar makers are doing

[MJPJ Sugars]

Traveling for business this year, I didn't tap in until Tuesday March 6th. In the first 9 days of my season, with only one additional tap, I've collected 78% of the sap I've collected all last year -- just over a gallon per tap per day. 34-35 degrees and snowing, and steady runs, every day.

I hang 31 buckets, so over 300 gallons for me. With good wood, my little half-pint evaporator will boil down about 5 gallons an hour... thank goodness for the little "bucket RO” I got at the end of last season -- that little thing has been cranking almost non-stop, so I've been able to keep-up.

We do a fair amount of "hiking" to get up and out of our yard/woods. But with all the snow yesterday, tractor stayed in the garage, and it was all hiking... looking forward to some under-30 temps the next few days to catch our breath