Even though we missed the January and early February runs we’ve already made as much syrup as last year! With relatively fresh tap holes only 20-30 days old, we’re ready for some big runs later this week. Mother Nature gave us a bit of a rest this weekend along with the next couple days, but we’re expecting 50,000+ gallons of sap Thursday/Friday and much more next week. Production has been smooth with the exception of a vacuum pump failure/replacement last weekend, we’ll detail that more in a future post. Lots of bottled gallons last week as we transition from boiling amber to dark

We thought it was about time that we introduced our sap truck driver!

Chet spent his career driving heavy machinery in the construction industry. Now that he is retired he enjoys spending his free time fishing as well as helping out his nephew Jake during maple season by driving the sap truck. He is the proud father of two daughters and grandfather of four grandkids.

What a month we’ve had, it feels like March weather! We started tapping on February 6th and currently have 19,680 taps in, only 3,000 left to go. Due to the warm temperatures we’ve been leak checking heavily while tapping. We want as little oxygen in the lines as possible during these warm days to slow tap hole healing. We’ve boiled twice so far and made 1,400 gallons of amber/golden syrup!