Tapping Roll Call....Whos getting 'em in?

[MapleME]

Not yet in Brunswick

[SWEETER CREATIONS]

Getting them in in NY only got 800 left to put in

[marktripp]

51 in on Saturday, been horrible weather since! Tomorrow should pay off though :-)

[Flat47]

Not yet in southern Aroostook County. Extended forecast doesn't look favorable until week after next. We'll see...

[gmcooper]

Started tapping Sat. more this afternoon. 1300 left to go.

[RickinFarmington]

Well today is the day for me here in Farmington. Will tap my combination of buckets and gravity tubing and begin the wait for the run to start. My bush does not get full sun till 1100 in the morning, soI am always off to a slow start. Next week looks like perect weather for the seson start.

[aws]

We will be tapping today.

[dadsmaplesugarshack]

Started the season 300 taped 350 to GO .many tap holes were wet at 24 degrees and WINDY?? Well off to the bush setting tanks getting ready good luck to all drill drill drill
;)

[cmstearns]

me and the boy put in 3 taps taday, 2 are running 1 is not

[CPlace]

I tapped 90 in Waldo, ME on Saturday; all field edge and roadside maples. Most trees dribbled some sap today, hoping to have enough to sweeten the pans this weekend. Planning on tapping another 40 this coming weekend.

[MainelyMaple]

Not yet in Auburn, Still waiting for more favorable weather. I can tap in a day so I'm not in any hurry.

[Shawn]

Started here today with 178 on pipe line and finish Wednesday with the buckets for a total of 323. Still have snow around tree's. Temps were at forty today but dropping now. Set to go!:D

[abbott]

Put in 175 yesterday and the other 550 today to finish off my vacuum line. Will wait for the gravity taps. Nothing more than a fast drip out the end of the line when I finished. At least i'm ready when it does run.

[boondocker]

I have been picking away at it for the past week. Im 350 in now and 150 to go. Next week is looking good.

[vernon]

All in,in Nova Scotia

[SWEETER CREATIONS]

Only 400 to go ,should be ready by the weekend.

[Peeper]

All 95 in last Wednesday on the 13th. So far roughly 80 gallons to boil this weekend with more expected in the next 2 days.

[marktripp]

Well I caved to the addiction and added 17more taps today for a total of 68. Not much going on though, only collected about 8 gallons from yesterday from 51 taps.

[HHM-07]

Madrid ny caught my eye , my Brother inlaw lives there . Ronald Burns the barn builder


Dick

[Joni]

all tapped and ready to go..sap ran last week, enough to make sure everything was working

[western mainer]

Hey Joni It didn't run today but we have a good head start!
Brian

[mrgrumpr]

put in 60 tap today, and most were dripping. another 30 or so soon. just a back yard operation.

[SWEETER CREATIONS]

HHM 07 they would be my neighbors did you know Bernard& Simone Burns also? Place is still the way it was 50 years ago.

[Sandy]

We've also started this week. 50 taps in so far (20 yesterday, 30 today), 100 more or so to go. First empty this am, about 11 gallons from 20 taps. Nothing dripping today, and now it's snowing. Time to put in more firewood and clean more buckets. I'm sidelined with bad knee so hubby and dogs are doing the lion's work!

[JuniperHillSugar]

60 in so far. Probably going for 150 this year. First boil today, 60 gallons down to about 4 gallons on the cookstove to finish down. Waiting for some good weather.

[marktripp]

Hopefully tomorrow is going to be as nice as they say. This is killing me, I'm still waiting for my first big collection! I'm assuming from listening to others talk the wind has been the enemy the last few days. 68 taps and just waiting.

[Rsm58533]

, I boiled a little last week,but the weather has kept the sap frozen tight in my spickets.
I was going to add more taps today,but I am concerned about splitting the tree when I lightly tap the spicket in. We are 25dgrs here. Your thoughts?

[boondocker]

Im not even sure how many i have in now but i know im over 350 or so and i have only about 50 or better gallons waiting to be collected. I went out last night to collect if i was able to and everything was frozen solid. Hopefully it will loosen up today. Another storm this sunday for us so i guess time will tell.

[Webbs Mills]

Set some taps and it was running really well tues. and weds. The few trees I tap wake up real fast as they face steeply south and not deep in the woods. I could've tapped as early as 2/12 because I'm sure they were running with highs 38-45 that week. Then winter returns...and changes my plans to boil early!

[MainelyMaple]

I got 275 in today. Slow going changing all the taps. I'll pick away at it this week and hopefully be 100% by next weekend.

[gmcooper]

Have about 700 in with 1000 left to go. Got to get moving.

[JuniperHillSugar]

120 in. Still more to go. Get ready.

[TapME]

Going to work on getting things ready for tapping sometime in the next 10 days. Alot more going on here out of my control. Hope everyone is ready for a great start to the season in the next 10 days.

[BRL]

We got 105 in at my house today. My dad will be tapping his trees tomorrow about 90-95 there.

[MapleME]

We got 55 in here in Brunswick at one of our spots, will try for a late night or early morning tapping before work this week to get the other 50-60 in. Id be happy with 110 or 120 this year. Let the season begin!

[maineboiler]

I placed 100 taps this past weekend in Oxford. About 60 on sugar maple and the rest on reds. Lots of snow on the lids this AM but I will see how the run goes with this sun. I hope to boil tonight but we'll see.......

[Bugsmudbooksandsticks]

At school, we have 24 taps along the wood line. To get there we have to cross a huge field, the kindergarten children get real tired after a round of collecting.

[sg5054]

55 in. More to go. Wish it would stop snowing!!!

[jstaples]

Got 72 in so far......ran out of buckets!!!

[abbott]

about 175 gallons of sap today... hopefully more tomorrow and i'll have my first boil.

if it's a choice between no snow and an early spring like last year or storm after storm like this year i'll gladly take the snow. Should help moderate the warmup and make for a decent season.

[SWEETER CREATIONS]

We are finally in 1200 pumps on but no sap yet!!!!!!! Good luck everyone. Mike

[patrick81]

Its started to run here in bingham, slow still but I'll take it.put most of my taps in yesterday and will finish the rest this morning.

[FordHeritageFarm]

Put in 172 taps in Waterboro yesterday. Boy is that snow deep. Good thing I got 2 young lads all fired up and excited. Hope to make it to 200 taps this year, but we'll see. Ran out of tubing and good buckets for now. Guess that's a good thing

[boondocker]

praying for a good run today......Not a cloud in the sky and 40 deg. should wake up these trees!

[Jlabbe]

Completed first boil last Saturday (Bangor area), early product turned out great!

[sg5054]

15 gallons out of 10 trees in 2 days. Yikes!, I got buckets spilling that I couldn't get to this am.

[marktripp]

20 gallons today out of 68 taps, still a little slow here.

[Gardiner Farms]

Drilled a couple of trees this am and they started to run so put out about 30 buckets and tapped the trees on the pipeline (about 30 more). Trees out in the open and southern aspects ran a little here today. Trees in the woods weren't running at all! Wisdom said "do it next week", but the fever won out!

[tessiersfarm]

100 in here, 40 gallons this afternoon. The rest are woods trees, may tap them this weekend. Enough to fill the evap, but not boil much yet.

[Sandy]

First good run today from "sunny-side" taps!! 40F deep in the sunny spots, but woods trees not really running yet. Trying to get more buckets out on the sunny hill. Hopefully it's starting now.

[maineboiler]

Good run today in Oxford. Sunny skies and temp in the 40's. Collected 50 gallons from a little over 100 taps. I hope to boil on Thursday after the storm. We'll see...



110 taps all buckets
2 X 6 raised flue evaporator
2nd season, hoping for a good one

[gmcooper]

Still tapping today. Wet snow made for poor traveling in the woods. About 40 here but cloudy most of the day. Most trees were dripping at least a little but only a few were really running. Hoping to finish tapping this weekend.

[jstaples]

Got a semi good collect last night...74 taps got me about 67 gallons in two days. Boiled a little today and noticed a few inches in my buckets again. Hopefully these next few days will fill'em back up.



There is definitely a "Maple Sugar Bug!!!!"



Happy Tappin'

[chefchap]

All tapped in Casco Maine got 160 in on mon and pulled 120 gallons yesterday boiled last night and boiling still tonight in the snow looking forward to pulling more tomarrow after the storm

[MainelyMaple]

I've got 400 in and 400 to go, should be done this weekend. 150 gal in the tank mostly from the first 275 taps. Finally got the vac hooked up and running this afternoon.

[Revi]

We tapped 200 and have another 100 to go this weekend. Hopefully we'll have enough to sweeten the pans this weekend.

[Ridge777]

Finished tapping the last 50 here in Lisbon last Saturday. 100 taps overall and waiting on the sun as most of my Reds are in the woods. Got the arch going on Wednsday and boiled about a gallon of light amber. Alot of sugar sand, filtering was slowww... Got to work on that. Anyway, everyone have a great season.

[twitch]

got in 230 hoping to boil soon

[Webbs Mills]

...Tapped in on 2/20. The few trees I tap wake up real fast as they face steeply south and not deep in the woods. I could've tapped as early as 2/12 because I'm sure they were running with highs 38-45 that week...

Pulled 40 taps on 3/30. Cloudy sap in most of the buckets. Snow disappeared from around the trees several days earlier. Not interested in late season sap/syrup. I got five weeks of nice high quality sap from these trees and I'm thankful!
7 1/2 gallons yield: 1gal XD, 1 1/2gal D, 1gal M, 4gal L. :cool: