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I had 12 taps out this year and collected about 120 gallons of sap which boiled down to 2 1/2 gallons of syrup. If they had been sugar maples I would have gotten closer to 3 gallons. This is the best year I've ever had. It really depends on the weather, how long it remains in that sweet spot with ni...

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.