The 2018 spring in NW Wisconsin has been cold and snowy. We tapped in mid March and over 3-4 weeks have had very little sap run yet.
April 4th, we finally cooked the sap we had collected since the beginning of season --and got about 7 gallons of syrup from batch #1. It tastes good, is light color, but was a long time in coming.
This week is too cold to run sap again, but next week looks better.
The woods has from 1 - 2 feet of snow, much of it new.
To look at some photos of the last week and today (April 4, 2018) follow this link. If you see bare ground--it is last week, as this week is all snow covered again.
Maple Woods April 2018