We ran out of last season’s syrup a few months ago, so I could hardly wait for it to be ‘time to tap” again.

Jon wanted to rig up a different setup this year, so at first glance I’m thinking we just may have ourselves a better system than last season’s old, wobbly ice cream buckets that would overflow quickly or be blowing around and spilling out.  Our concern is whether the sap is going to get clogged up/frozen in the tubing or not. We’ll find out in a hurry whether that’s the case or not. Read the rest of this entry →