okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin<p>So.....<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MapleSap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MapleSap</span></a> officially "buddy" in northern <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwinCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwinCities</span></a> as of last Thursday.<br>First Season over.<br>Damn.<br>Out of around 19 gallons of sap gathered from four trees, starting in late March, we burned about 38 ounces of sap and came away with 12 ounces of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MapleSyrup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MapleSyrup</span></a><br>Lots of lessons learned! Start earlier, careful cooking at the end, and also, i have another 4 or 5 trees to tap next year. 60-80 gallons of sap is not out of the question. Maybe 2 gallons of syrup if we do it right? More?</p>