With the sugaring season drawing to a close, the warm embrace of spring approaches. The time has come to clean up the operation, wash out the equipment, and tuck it all away for another year. However, the respite is brief. Soon, the focus will shift to splitting firewood for next season’s boils, scouting for promising new maple trees, and crafting ambitious plans for expansion. The sugaring cycle may end, but the work that fuels it never truly does.