Walking the line, as we call it, when we walk from tree to tree collecting the sap, I am amazed at the amount of snow. The above picture shows that I am over eye level with our six foot fence. The number one sap collector could easily step up onto our pop up camper... Our buckets are hung on the trees a foot higher that usual, due to the snow. In the picture below -- look for last year's tap hole under the bucket. (Ignore the sap leaking down the bark. ;-( ) And we generally tap waist high.
So when the snow melts, will we need a ladder to check the buckets? Good question...
Walking the line, as we call it, when we walk from tree to tree collecting the sap, I am amazed at the amount of snow. The above picture shows that I am over eye level with our six foot fence. The number one sap collector could easily step up onto our pop up camper... Our buckets are hung on the trees a foot higher that usual, due to the snow. In the picture below -- look for last year's tap hole under the bucket. (Ignore the sap leaking down the bark. ;-( ) And we generally tap waist high.
So when the snow melts, will we need a ladder to check the buckets? Good question...
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