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whitetail farms
02-16-2012, 04:01 PM
cleaning the buckets lids and spiles gonna tap today in Lake George,ny this is my first year sugaring and am starting with 6 buckets and a homemade evaporator i built out of a 55 gallon barrel

lakeview maple
02-16-2012, 05:15 PM
Good for you Whitetail ,sap ran pretty good today and had my first boil,Im right across the lake from you and it was great being out there collecting for the first time,good luck and God Bless ,Al

whitetail farms
02-19-2012, 03:58 PM
yeah i tapped friday and had a couple buckets get some on Saturday but not much, but even less today i feel like im doing something wrong but maybe its just the weather,but ive been cutting and splitting a lot of wood so when i finally get some sap i should be ready to start boiling,what town are you in lakeview maple

jeeptj19992001
02-19-2012, 04:40 PM
been tapping for a week now in CNY, by cuse.
can not keep up. too many gallons this year. going to have to sell sap so it is not wasted