Curls of pale wood spill onto the still-frozen forest floor as the drill bit whirs. Graham Snyder, who has been tapping trees in family-owned sugar bushes for nearly six decades, pauses as valuable nectar drips from a newly bored hole.
The Breslau-area farmer hammers in the spile, hooks up the blue vacuum line to draw the sap – and another maple syrup season begins.
It’s the same every year, yet Graham, 65, and his 34-year-old son, Cody Snyder, still bud with joy as the first signs of spring appear and tapping can finally begin.
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