Mother Nature vs. Maple Syrup

We have been patiently waiting for Mother Nature to bring the right weather for the sap to start flowing. We need warm days, above freezing, and cold nights. This allows the sap to flow from the tree during the day, and then slow down at night so that the season will be long and bountiful! But, it's been unseasonably cold this year and that means the sap is still in the trees, and not in our sugarhouse. Usually at this time of year, the sugarhouse is in full steam, but we've only boiled a few times so far this year because of the cold weather. We expect things will really kick off next week as it looks like it is going to warm up. C'mon Mother Nature - we have a sweet tooth to feed!