On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:20:09 -0700, rbowman
wrote:

On 01/29/2017 10:43 AM, Oren wrote:
Maybe drive a wooden dowel in the hole and cut it off or put a tap in
it and collect maple syrup :-)

Even if you're tapping you pull the spiles at the end of the season and
the hole closes up. Next year, new hole, like a junky looking for a
fresh vein.

There's not much I miss about that part of the world but sugaring is one
of them. Nothing like going to a sugar house and feasting on jack wax.

http://www.theselfsufficienthomeacre...ple-candy.html

And, no, I don't have a clue why it's called jack wax.

I agree to let the tree heal itself, let nature fix it. We don't even
know if Pete can collect syrup from his tree.