HI folks: I'm a relative beginner and have a very small operation (44 taps; NextGenMaple hobby evaporator). My challenge is how often to boil. I collected about 40 gallons of sap on the weekend and could boil to concentrate it or boil to syrup, but it may not be worth firing up the evap without more sap. However, I don't want to hold on to the sap too long waiting for the next run.

What might you all advise? For folks with "hobby" size evaporators, how often do you boil and how much sap do you wait for before boiling?

Any and all advice welcome!

erika