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We've had a snowy winter here, having a base of about 2 feet of snow in the forest, and perhaps 12 inches elsewhere. It's lovely and crisp, so we're not particularly pining for spring. In several days, though, the temperature during the day will be about zero Celsius or more and below freezing at night; prime for maple sap flow.
We are not nearly as organized as planned: The sugar shack/house will not be completed until late spring (it is being built in stages in a workshop on the island, but the construction here cannot start until the ground is agreeable). Since there is no building, we have no place to set up all the massive and complex maple sugaring equipment. Since there is no sugar house, we couldn't put up the lines (hoses) for the trees (well, we could, but they would go nowhere). Heavy sigh.
We finally received the culvert expansion approval letter from the Ministry of Transportation, so the logging company has begun major changes:
Read more: Building the Maple Syrup Operation - It Begins...