2 pans of boiling sap on gas burners outside in front of a garage door.

Saturday Night Maple Boil
#maplesugar #maplesyrup #backyardsugaring

First tap of 2026. The run is on! #backyardsugaring #maplesugar #maplesyrup

Consolidated the boil into the pan on the left for finishing but with the run in full force last week, started a second batch in the right hand pan.

Finishing one batch while starting another. #maplesyrup. #backyardsugaring

Full pan of maple sap being boiled down to a dark amber hue. Not yet syrup but will be soon.

Got a nice dark amber hue going in the pan for a first batch of #maplesyrup in 2025. #backyardsugaring

Maple tree in snow, tapped with a tube and five gallon bucket.

Bare trees in snow, three sugar maples are tapped for sap.

Finally got some Maple trees tapped! I have four total tapped and the (lofty) goal is to make three gallons of syrup for the household and for gifts.

#backyardsugaring

Sap is running here in Mass. Tapped and ready to boil. #maplesyrup #backyardsugaring