All 400 taps are out. We did 75 this morning and 75 more this afternoon. Takes about 2 hours to do 75 taps. It was above freezing today. About 32 or 33. The sap was moving again. One tree was dripping at 120 drops per minute. Tasted the first sap of the season today. Its fresh, clear and sweet. Tomorrow we work on getting the building ready. Its supposed to be 36 or 37 tomorrow and we do expect the sap to flow.

Each tree has a personality. Over the years we get to know trees that run well and trees that are so so. We favor the good runners. And some trees have sweeter sap. We favor those too.

Today’s count.
150 more taps.
400 total taps.