Hey Cal,
      Hows the sugaring going? We have gathered 740 gals. of sap so far on 173 taps. We gathered last night and had to gather again this morning. had several buckets full and one running over. I have a few five gallon pails and they are going to go on those trees next year. Too warm today, though. Low 60's. Tress are slowing down tonight. It is supposed to freeze up Wed. night again, so we might get another small run. For as screwed up as the spring has been we have done okay. Most of the big woods trees are just starting to drip and this warm weather is going to hurt. This year everyone seems to be pricing in the $40 range for gallons, $25 for half gallons and $15 for quarts. The guy boiling our sap says that they are talking about $2 a pound for blackstrap, so I guess we'll leave our buckets out as long as they drip at all. Our sap is testing between 2.4 and 2.1. Which I don't think is too bad considering we have 20-25 soft maples tapped. At this point, it looks like the smaller producers with the farmland woodlots are going to fare better than the big woods guys.