Its maple sugar time in Indiana. The nights are still below freezing, but the days warm up into the 40s & 50's causing the sap to run. Trees must be 10" in diameter to tap. This one is quite large and can handle 2 taps.
Trees are tapped with a spile and the sap collected in a bucket.
It takes 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup. Here, the sap is boiled until the right consistency, usually 6-8 hours.
Delicious and pretty maple candy