Drove up into the Thumb where our sugarbush is this past weekend. Taking care of some preseason preparation work. We are pretty remote so no water, no electricity (small generator only).

Hoping to add a few additional taps this year and hit 30 taps. A lot of water on parts of our property this year. A number of trees we could tap are under water. I wonder if anyone experienced any difference in sap flow between trees in water and out of water?

Also hoping to lear about running lines this year and how best to do this without a vacuum pump. Anyone in the Thumb area willing to give a few tips, please DM me. We only boil on the weekends.

2024 goal is to produce 100 - 8 oz bottles.