Tapping nova scotia 2011

[captnsteve]

Has any one started tapping in nova scotia?

[captnsteve]

any fellow maritimers on here the weathers starting to look favorable for next week

[sniperdodo]

Yup, I am here in Moncton. Looks like this is the week but then next 2 weeks are seasonal so I probably wont tap until the first week of march. Mostly because I am not quite ready yet:cry:

[captnsteve]

tapped 60 so far little bit flowing hopefully get a little run starting thursday

[captnsteve]

is there another snow storm today in new brunswick you guys have been hit hard this year

[sniperdodo]

Its been more than a decade since I have ssen this much snow. Another 50 cm in the next week ofrecast too. I hope spring doesn't hit to fast because by the time the tree thaws (8' of snow around it right now) it will be budding.

[Maplepro]

Spent the weekend digging out 5500' of main line and haven't even started to look for the 5/16 yet all i can say is holy snow. looking like we will be tapping by next weekend as long as we doing get to much snow.

[sniperdodo]

Looks like our season will be starting in another week or two. Can't wait to try out my new gear. This is my first year with lines and I made a sap puller that seems to work fairly well (holds about 12" of mercury). My new pan should be ready to pick up next week as well. I'll post some pics once everything is set up, Im sure the homemade sap puller will make you guys smile:lol:

[Mariner]

Tapped 370 yesterday after digging out some of the lines, all is well and the sap was trickling. expect decent flow today, -9 last night and beautiful sunshine today with positive temps. every thing has been washed just have to replace the chiminey on the evaporator today and were all set. Today even feels like a spring day.

[sniperdodo]

Wow, thats great news, I didnt think sap would be flowing yet. I think I will set up a bucket tonight afterwork. Thats a pretty nice sugar shack, what are you using for an evaporator

[Mariner]

Thats a pretty nice sugar shack, what are you using for an evaporator

presently using a 2x6 wood fired hobby size, it just makes it except when we get a relly big flow.

[Maplebrook]

Welcome to Mapletrader, Mariner.
Where are you at in N.S.?
Darren

[Mariner]

Welcome to Mapletrader, Mariner.
Where are you at in N.S.?
Darren

Thanks for the welcome, located just outside Baddeck. Sap was running yesterday, and as the day warmed up today it was just starting to run when I left the sugar shack. hope to have a boil in the next couple of days. Dumped a bit of the first flow just to freshen up the lines, looking forward to a great season.

[captnsteve]

Looks like the temperatures are going to be promising starting saturday cant wait

[maplesyrupstove]

Got my pipelines all tapped and a few buckets in yesterday . Had a small run working at sap house trying to put in new steam hood.Got the hole in roof ,raining now will finished it this afternoon. My neighbor is tapping to.Need some cold night, Darrell

[captnsteve]

Everything has come to a standstill here in yarmouth hopefully it will start again when things cool off a bit later in the week

[Maplebrook]

We completed tapping last Wednesday. I'm early for the first time in a long time!
Total now is 275 taps.
Gathered 100 litres of sap from the Saturday/Sunday run. Not quite enough to prime the evaporator but we'll see when more comes. The snow took a beating today and the trees must be finally starting to thaw with the mild weather. Should be some sap toward the end of the week.
Wishing a good season to all!
Darren

[Maplebrook]

Boiled yesterday. Had a good early season run of 625 litres Friday night/all day on Saturday. Made about 10 litres of syrup. Nice day in the camp!

[sniperdodo]

WOW thats pretty good for 275 taps. I got 62 in this year but only got 7 gallons of sap over the weekend. looks like not all my trees are sapping yet. I sure hope my season produces like your trees do. GOOD LUCK

[Maplebrook]

Thanks Sniperdodo!
Once your Moncton snow melts and you can see the trunks of your trees the sap will come. Patience, my friend!

[hotdog]

How's it going Darrell.We are finally getting some sap I hope our season goes for a little while.It would be sad to see it rap up quickly.Looked at your new hood,it looks good has it helped your evap rate?I just got in from getting sap we got about 100 gal today.I will boil tommorrow morning.Looks like it might be a good week.Not sure if you know but there is another bottle supplier in burnside called RICHARDS PACKAGING.They don't have a minimum purchase.I bought my bottles there this year.Talk to you soon.

[maplesyrupstove]

Having a great week, sap run good.Got it all finished today. Cold didn't run much today.Filter 2 batches so far,syrup looks good so far.New hood works great ,run around 175 to 180 degrees.Lost my camera in a tote of sap, it don't work anymore. Darrell

[hotdog]

Darrell,the heigth in my fire box for the grates to the bottom of the pan is 14
".Hope this helps.We had a couple of good days this week to.How is your syrup,ours is quite dark this year.

[captnsteve]

anyone getting ready to pull the plug looks like the trees are starting to bud in this end of the province

[ksmeagher]

I am up on the north shore (Chapman Settlement) we got 10 cm of snow yesterday and last night, still a couple of feet of snow in the woods in spots. We boiled 70 gallons of sap off Saturday and 30 gal. on Wednesday and it started running again this afternoon. There should be one good week left then some small runs after that.

[Maplebrook]

We've been busy here in Elmsdale. Last week we had 500 litre runs for 3 days straight. Emptied the tanks last night at 11. Enjoyed today off! Runs will peter out now. We'll see what tomorrow brings...

[captnsteve]

wow 500 liter runs thats awsome only had 300 liters in the last 3 days i figure its just about done around here

[Maplebrook]

2011 Statistics - 5335 litres of sap collected;103 litres of syrup made;ratio 52:1
Best year in our 11 years for us!
Hope everyone else did well this season!
Now onto clean-up:(
Darren