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I’m doing it in western Virginia. There are some people doing it commercially in the mountains west of here. Here in the valley we need to tap early. I usually do it at the end of January. I have a friend who starts in mid January. I’m mostly tapping silver maples which have a bit lower sugar concen...

I made 2 1/2 gallons this year with this setup. Every year I tweak it a little to get more efficient. I like doing it because it gets me outside and active in February instead of sitting around inside. And of course we enjoy the syrup.