I keep checking the SapTapApp flow map and the green dots are not close yet, but there are a lot more of them and they are slowly getting closer.
After Monday mornings -29° C (-20° F), that is the last -20s that I see in the forecast. Although I still only see one day above freezing.
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2022 - 5 pan block arch - 109 taps, 73 on 3/16 lines, 36 on drops into 5 gallon pails.
930 gallons boiled, 109 L (28.8 gals) of delicious syrup made.
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2023 - 170 taps, mostly on lines, 1153 gallons boiled, 130 L (34.34 gals) of delicious syrup made, on a 2x4 divided pan and base stack, 8 pipe, on a block arch that boiled at a rate of 13 gallons per hour.
2024 - made 48 L, December to March, primarily over two fire bowls.