Time to collect tree pee

[rock ON.]

Decided to do some maple sugaring this year. We haven't done this for about 15 yrs as we really didn't use much syrup.But last year I really took a liken to maple cream on English muffins, and my wife loves maple sugar candy and taffy. We also thought it might be a fun experience for our 6 yr. old daughter who loves pancakes and syrup.
My daughter and her cat and me tapping.

My wife and daughter collecting the first sap of the season.

Are there any other northeastern sap suckers on this forum?

[BabaORiley]

Way cool Rockon. I'm in NEastern Illinois and I have a lot of Maples adjacent to me. I never tried it but it has always interested me. There is a local forest preserve that does it every spring and I figure I could also but like I said I never really looked into it.

[rock ON.]

Its fun and easy to do on a small scale if you have the time, lots of info on web to help you get started.

[Sugaree]

I'm on the southern end of the sugar maple's range here in Western NC where there are some farmers who do it. Every spring my maple's drip from sapsucker holes and gives me thought of collecting the sap maybe I'll try next year! Looks fun thanks for showing!

[rock ON.]

If you have the time in the spring and like maple products you should give it a try. its easy enough on a small scale. We have only 22 spiles and recycled food grade plastic jugs. Last time we did it I think I remember getting 7 or 8 quarts of finished syrup, but I'll make a new post of how we did at the end of the season [probably end of March].

[G10+]

Wow that’s awesome !!!! What a great family thing to do !! Looks cold and foggy !!

[2ndoldman]

I am totally drooling right now. I haven't tapped a sugar maple since 1972.

[gregszybala]

That's pretty cool. You know, we all expect samples!

[Hi-Lo]

Nice work. My family loves it and we don't have to travel far from home to get it at the source.

London, Ontario.

[Tam]

Good family fun .. plus that’s stuff is expensive in the stores .
The real stuff . I have a friend that lives in Vermont and she walks me through each season . One of her favorite times is the maple sugar sapping . She says the smells are all in the air like apple cider time in the fall .