Maple Tree start

Welcome to the Mom farm fashion this outfit is best for going into streams and collecting Maple Sap
Last year we got this brilliant idea to tap our trees but we were too late in the season. We have been monitoring the other farms around here and Sat we were set to tap. To tap a tree you want snow on the ground and the daytime temps above 40* for more than 3 days. The season only lasts till the nighttime temps at overnight get above freezing.

We have a big tree with 8, 18 inches around shoots we can tap at the moment we have 4 taps in ( we brought a kit on amazon with tubes and taps ) The instructions that came with it were so easy. Dad drilled and the girls set the taps in.

 We check the taps twice a day and usually get a gallon or 2 a day. It takes 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. Springtime is really big chores in the O house and everyone does the chores because everyone eats.
                                             The kit we ordered Tap Kit