Gosh I miss maple season.
Had a Small Brothers 2x6 evaporator. Tapped 150 trees. My last yr surgering I did 62 gallons of syrup. My nephew helped me and those memories are precious. That was in 1996. In early Feb '97, Mark died in a farming accident. We were tapped and ready to go.
In my grief, I sold everything. Couldn't imagine maple season without Mark. I regret that decision to this day. Grief causes one to do things one wouldn't normally do.
In hindsight, I would have been honoring Mark.
I followed the thread last yr, and look forward to this season's thread.
Good luck everyone. Boil away...