It's been really interesting to learn about the maple syrup business in Northern Wisconsin. By most accounts, it has been a record year for maple sap collection in this area. Anyone with maple trees, a bucket and a drill can collect sap. Some are quite simple operations with a metal bucket hanging below a v-shaped piece of metal which has been driven into the tree, while others involve many feet of hose / pipeline running from tree to tree and finally into a larger collection tank. Once the sap is collected and boiled into syrup, in my opinion, there is nothing sweeter.
My own maple trees are not the kind for sap collection, but they are about to start producing the leaves that made for a spectacular fall last year. Here is the first step in that leafing out process.
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