perfect is about 20-27 at night, hit 40 the next day with sun.

1 night is enough but its got to be right. Some trees will give 3-4 gal sap in 10 hrs. Then nothing for a few days. Sap spoils about same rate as milk. If it gets 50 couple days its bad, especially if in sun.

I don't have one sorry. I plan to tap mid Feb to March 1 every year in NW Ohio. I just watch the weather to make sure taps are in for a good freeze/thaw from night/day. My season is 4-5 weeks. As you go north the later the tapping is.

Nope, just a warm spell. Had the biggest 2 runs I've ever had last week. Collected over 1500 gallons each run. I heard peepers also first time today. Usually sign of about 2 weeks to bud.

Going upside down in Ohio this week. When it warms up sap won't run much, the little that does will spoil. Looks like next weekend we'll get a freeze thaw cycle and another run. Spoiled sap makes terrible syrup, also if the trees bud the syrup is bad. 2 1/2 weeks to bud.

No, it is too hard to keep separate. Maybe when I retire.

Last 100 buckets today. Should get another sap run this week. This ice will concentrate the sap a little but a big difference for me. Going from 2% to 3% sap means 35 gal sap/gal syrup instead of 45. Takes some work off of me.

taps and buckets. 750 trees, I'm tired.

Fired up and running hard today. Late start on boil. Me and teenage boys gathered about 1500 gal. of sap this morning with 4 wheeler, manpower an buckets.

I've seen sun dogs and halos, never inverted rainbow high in sky. Meteorologists? What is this phenomenon called. Front coming in taking us from 55 to 25 and will take about 8 hrs.