RunInCircles
02-24-2013, 09:45 AM
I guess I'll start one of these after five years putzing and lurking around.
This is my third year on tubing, and I put up a new 900' branch of 3/4" mainline, for the first time paying more careful attention to a 5% slope. I used Google Earth to help me get a rough idea of the elevation profile, and a sight level for on-the-ground precision. Being out in the middle of the woods, there is never a chance I'll be on vacuum, so I'm trying to make the most of natural vac.
6982
Finished tapping the last of my 275 on tubing yesterday. Thinking about cleaning up some buckets and adding those to my efforts this year; primarily for the looks (who doesn't like to see buckets on trees?), but since it's a half-mile snowshoe hike to the sugarhouse I'm open to ideas for avoiding that haul!
As a teacher I'm on vacation this week so I was REALLY hoping for some warm weather and good sap flow when I can spend most of my day and night out there, but the forecast still looks like a tossup. Most days mid-to high 30s but midweek may not freeze solidly overnight.
Last year:
69836984
This is my third year on tubing, and I put up a new 900' branch of 3/4" mainline, for the first time paying more careful attention to a 5% slope. I used Google Earth to help me get a rough idea of the elevation profile, and a sight level for on-the-ground precision. Being out in the middle of the woods, there is never a chance I'll be on vacuum, so I'm trying to make the most of natural vac.
6982
Finished tapping the last of my 275 on tubing yesterday. Thinking about cleaning up some buckets and adding those to my efforts this year; primarily for the looks (who doesn't like to see buckets on trees?), but since it's a half-mile snowshoe hike to the sugarhouse I'm open to ideas for avoiding that haul!
As a teacher I'm on vacation this week so I was REALLY hoping for some warm weather and good sap flow when I can spend most of my day and night out there, but the forecast still looks like a tossup. Most days mid-to high 30s but midweek may not freeze solidly overnight.
Last year:
69836984