The days are getting warmer with icy cold nights, which means it is perfect for collecting sap from my resident Box Elders. Last year, it was a terrible year for sap collection. I still managed to gather enough to boil down a single half-pint of syrup, but it was underwhelming to say the least.
I have higher hopes for this season. We've had plenty of snow, and now with the mild daytime temperatures up into the low forties, it should be a good run. I have collection bags hanging on spouts hammered into both my clusters of trees, on the sunny side which should hopefully catch quite a lot of sap. If I can gather enough sap to boil down into a couple of pints of syrup, I will be very happy.
Mostly, though, it's a simple early spring project that helps to make me feel as though the long winter is coming to an end.
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