The lady at the sugaring supply story said it was a mistake, but I couldn't resist.This year, Sarah, the kids, and I are tapping 5 trees or so at our house and our neighbors' houses.We headed up to Chardon today to buy some spiles, and, since it was 45 degrees today, I just had to tap one of the trees. It started running immediately.
My father is going to get us some old galvanized buckets (and food-safe plastic liners to go with them), but for the time being I used the first thing that I found that seemed like it might work - a Simply Orange orange juice bottle. It filled up in about two hours. We might even do a mini boil on the stove tonight just to see what it is going to taste like.
It will be cold again by the end of the week, but I should be able to get a few days of sap.
