SevenCreeksSap
03-19-2011, 09:52 PM
In reading these Ohio posts, I guess the answer seems to be no. We're in east central Oh and new to this hobby, second year. Started great with golden results and ended with darker, which is usual according to all I've read here. Boiling my last sap tonight as I pulled all my taps today (10 taps) and ended up with about 2 gallons. I'm really happy with that since last year we got 1 1/2 pints.
Started like everyone else on a turkey fryer and this year built a barrel evaporator. I can already foresee spending time this year building a real evaporator and spending some $ on a real pan and real supplies. I'm hooked!! Can someone explain why you get more into this the more you do it?
Doing this really pulled me out of the winter blues this year. We recently obtained 20 acres of land that was logged before we bought it, and the good Amish logger left us mostly Maples on the land and more firewood than I can burn before it rots. I guess it will need to be a big evaporator:D.
I'm chainsawing all the time making space for a sugar shack, and now all of the land plans are with an eye towards a sugarbush. Elms are going with ropes to keep the small Maples intact.
A big thanks to all of you for the information I've learned here just by your willingness to discuss sugaring. This is the friendliest site I get onto. I also fish, and the fishermen arent always as forthcoming with help.
Thanks for reading my long first post. If anyone is going to be selling a 2 x 4 pan with dividers/draw off/ preheater pan, I'm really interested.
2011- 10 taps on 7 yard trees - 2 gallons
2012 - Lord willing- shooting for 50 taps, gravity with tubing, new evaporator, and a sugarhouse. 20 gallons?? 30??
God Bless America
Started like everyone else on a turkey fryer and this year built a barrel evaporator. I can already foresee spending time this year building a real evaporator and spending some $ on a real pan and real supplies. I'm hooked!! Can someone explain why you get more into this the more you do it?
Doing this really pulled me out of the winter blues this year. We recently obtained 20 acres of land that was logged before we bought it, and the good Amish logger left us mostly Maples on the land and more firewood than I can burn before it rots. I guess it will need to be a big evaporator:D.
I'm chainsawing all the time making space for a sugar shack, and now all of the land plans are with an eye towards a sugarbush. Elms are going with ropes to keep the small Maples intact.
A big thanks to all of you for the information I've learned here just by your willingness to discuss sugaring. This is the friendliest site I get onto. I also fish, and the fishermen arent always as forthcoming with help.
Thanks for reading my long first post. If anyone is going to be selling a 2 x 4 pan with dividers/draw off/ preheater pan, I'm really interested.
2011- 10 taps on 7 yard trees - 2 gallons
2012 - Lord willing- shooting for 50 taps, gravity with tubing, new evaporator, and a sugarhouse. 20 gallons?? 30??
God Bless America