I have a little backyard sugaring experience here in Wisconsin, so a retired family friend wants to enlist my help in setting up a small operation on his property. Here's the catch: we're talking about northern Tennessee!

Anyone tapping down there? Looking at weather records, their entire winter resembles my spring tapping season. 3-4 weeks of freeze-thaw cycles (Jan-Feb), with no sustained period of frost before that (and very little snow on the ground, if any). Freezing temperatures during the day are rare. Does sweet sap even run in a climate like this? I've read other threads and the consensus seems to be that "sap sugar content is typically higher in the spring than the fall", so I'm assuming a real winter helps the process. What happens if it's just never there?

Making maple syrup not far from the peach trees of Georgia has never entered my mind before , but that doesn't mean it's impossible. Happy to get some opinions on this!