@Walter Hinteler,
I read that with interest Walter. Thank you.
As an aside, I had an opportunity to go sugaring for the first time this spring. Before this year, I'd only ever seen it done as a kid, long ago.
Anyway, I helped tap the trees one day, and went back on another to help with the boil and bottling. At 40 litres of sap to one litre of syrup, no wonder the stuff is so expensive. This was in Ontario, not subject to the same restrictions those folks in Quebec seem to be living under. I had fun. Learned a thing or two, but it was hard work, especially on the scale they were operating at… no lines, just buckets. Only about 230 trees tapped this year but still, not bad for a small family farm.
We have a couple very large hard maples on our cottage property. Enough for two, possible three taps each. I plan to tap them myself at least once, one of these years when I retire.
These folks have a saw mill too. I'm hoping to get there again in the fall to check it out.
