Syrup makers
 

Anyone on the forum make syrup? Curious what the season is like a few hours north of me. I don't remember a February with the sap running like it is this year. Mid to late March used to be the heart of my season. This year I am a month ahead of schedule. I'm a hobby syrup maker - 30-50 buckets depending how ambitious I am feeling.

Last week during the warm day, I know someone in Strong Maine 13 taps, 10 gallons of sap.
2+ feet of snow in the woods there.

I'm a small backyard producer and yes this year I'm a few weeks early. Once February rolls around I watch the weather and early Feb the weather looked perfect for sap flow. I tapped and it's been flowing well. 3 boils later and we have 9 gallons syrup from 35 taps. We typically make between 12 and 15 gallons so we should be in the ballpark this year. Boil on!

Young Maple Ridge Sugarhouse
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2023 Maple Season is underway
Earliest boil in our 25 years making syrup

He makes a lot of syrup- around a thousand gallons a year.. I think last year he made 1300+.

Wow! At roughly forty gallons of sap to a gallon of syrup that’s a lot of sap!

It sure is. I am amazed at his operation. He has a Facebook page if you want to check out all the statistics. He does show the amount of sap.

This is happening WAY earlier than usual!!