This is a picture of our new taps that we are using this year, they are disposable.

They are suppose to be much more sterile to use.

The taps that are used over and over every year tend to harbor bacteria.

Harvey, Ryan and the "tapping crew" started tapping again on Wednesday and finished this morning.

It's a good thing they finished, because it is beginning to snow very hard.

Now Harvey & Ryan will begin working in the sugarhouse getting everything in order to begin boiling. I have a half gallon of syrup left in my fridge and that is it...we have never been this close to running out ourselves!

Tapping Update

The crew tapped almost 900 taps today.

The weather does not look so nice tomorrow.

First Day of Tapping 2011

Harvey, Ryan and a crew of 3 other people are headed to the woods to begin tapping today.

45 degrees this morning and rain is predicted.

This is a picture I took last weekend. Our sap lines are usually about 4 feet off the ground, but not this year. It is really hard going in the woods. The men have been digging out sap lines with a shovel for a couple of weeks.

The top picture is of "sap" lines. These lines go from tree to tree.

The bottom picture is one of our "main" lines. The sap lines feed into the main line. The main line carries the sap to the sugarhouse.

If you click on any pictures posted, it will enlarge the pictures for you.

Lots of snow!