View Full Version : My 2013 Sugaring Videos
DonMcJr
02-27-2013, 08:20 PM
I feel like my videos are all over the place and I wanted to put them all in one post.
So here's my Video Diary of 2013. (that sounded corny, lol)
1st Year Tapping with 5/16 Gravity Tube...
http://youtu.be/OK1Kaz-b8dg
Tapping Buckets 2013
http://youtu.be/UCcd96vypDY
Sap Flow February 10, 2013
http://youtu.be/igvBn_r_DvY
Sap Flow February 27, 2013
http://youtu.be/zNM1I8bNKwo
DonMcJr
02-27-2013, 08:21 PM
Collecting Buckets February 27, 2013
http://youtu.be/T5FdhSe0R3g
TerryEspo
02-27-2013, 09:54 PM
If this was television,,,It would be my favorite channel.
I think many people enjoy your videos Don.
Thanks for taking the time to put them online for us.
Terry
DonMcJr
02-28-2013, 07:08 PM
I'm Boiling this Weekend! I'm Boiling this weekend!!!!!!
Got a Full 55 Gallons and my 2nd 55 Gallon filled up 4 inches since 4pm Yesterday. Looks like it finally might have stopped with this colder weather.
http://www.michiganoutdoorsman.com/MOPhoto/albums/userpics/10005/normal_10more.jpg
psparr
02-28-2013, 07:53 PM
And I thought I had the addiction bad.
WI Sugarpop
02-28-2013, 08:25 PM
I wonder what his family thinks of all that excitement.
DonMcJr
02-28-2013, 08:28 PM
My stepson helps alot and so does my wife. They won't sit out with me the whole time I am boiling but that's ok with me!
WI Sugarpop
02-28-2013, 08:35 PM
My son and I are in partnership and the rest of the family helps too, including 13 grandchildren. My wife guards our syrup as though it was gold!!!!!!
DonMcJr
03-02-2013, 11:43 PM
Newest Video... 1st Boil last night!
http://youtu.be/jm7SOuOdYKY
TerryEspo
03-03-2013, 12:01 PM
Great to see a boil going.
Looks like Wed. I have a chance of sap running.
Getting some taps into the trees the last couple days, time sucker for sure. I had lots of lines run and drops in, but decided to change/swap all my spiles to the clear disposable new type.
Hope your syrup turns out great Don !!
Thanks for sharing.
Terry
Pweideman
03-04-2013, 03:23 PM
Fantastic. Thanks for posting. I enjoyed your videos. I want more narration though. Add some sponsors, cool camera angles and some instruction and we could make maple syrup tv. I would watch that channel.
Seriously though, I was in advertising for 25 years. I was part of commercial productions all over the world. No one is doing a maple syrup channel. It sounds funny and weird but seasonally I would tune in and other people would just out of curiosity. At least we could run some stories on Michigan public TV. Sugar shack productions!
DonMcJr
03-04-2013, 07:17 PM
That's a cool idea but it would only run for 2 months of the year!
Pweideman
03-04-2013, 07:40 PM
Who wants to work year round? Ha!
Run Forest Run!
03-04-2013, 07:55 PM
Fantastic. Thanks for posting. I enjoyed your videos. I want more narration though. Add some sponsors, cool camera angles and some instruction and we could make maple syrup tv. I would watch that channel.
Seriously though, I was in advertising for 25 years. I was part of commercial productions all over the world. No one is doing a maple syrup channel. It sounds funny and weird but seasonally I would tune in and other people would just out of curiosity. At least we could run some stories on Michigan public TV. Sugar shack productions!
You're on to something there! I was in England two springs ago and got hooked on a fabulous show called "Lambing Live". It had a very limited number of episodes and covered the spring lambing season with lots of footage of lambs being born and wobbling around on their little legs. I couldn't get enough of it! A similar show covering the fun of sugaring would be VERY interesting. Plus, think of the cross-over markets you'd have! Outdoor TV/ Food TV/ History TV etc etc. Need a production assistant Pweideman? ;)
TerryEspo
03-04-2013, 08:01 PM
I love "Gold Rush Alaska" and it is only a short season.
Count me in to watch the Maple Syrup Channel !!
Terry
DonMcJr
03-06-2013, 04:20 PM
Maple Sugaring Video Episode VII...:lol:
http://youtu.be/itUeQKRziKA
DonMcJr
03-08-2013, 04:19 PM
We just collected...4pm
28 Gallons from the 26 Buckets (2 days worth)
Gravity Tube Line got about 10 gallons today and 10 yesterday. I was right on with my guess from the tube line (20 Gal) and off minus 13 gallons on the buckets (guessed 25 gal)!
So I have 68 Gallons in storage on top of the 65 Gallons I already boiled down...For a to date total of 133 Gallons of Sap from 41 Taps!
Here's Today's Video...
http://youtu.be/RxhTMlJ80eg
DonMcJr
03-12-2013, 11:11 PM
3rd Boil and some Finishing Video...
http://youtu.be/g_SzUpmtgDg
DonMcJr
03-23-2013, 11:53 PM
Another Video: Using a Sap Hydrometer for the 1st time!
http://youtu.be/4FLQzjTNVFc
Pweideman
03-24-2013, 07:05 AM
Another Video: Using a Sap Hydrometer for the 1st time!
http://youtu.be/4FLQzjTNVFc
3.25% that's fantastic! Should be a good week. Hopefully not the last.
Paul
not_for_sale
03-24-2013, 07:13 AM
Don,
You numbers do t add up though. 360 gallons of sap, 5 gallons of syrup out of another thread, and 3.25 sugar. Something is off.
Joe
Run Forest Run!
03-24-2013, 09:40 AM
Don,
You numbers do t add up though. 360 gallons of sap, 5 gallons of syrup out of another thread, and 3.25 sugar. Something is off.
Joe
Joe, Don's trees have just come off a long freeze. He mentioned in another thread that his sugar content is higher now than it's been so far this year. Let's hope we all benefit with a higher sugar content after our trees thaw out.
DonMcJr
03-24-2013, 01:02 PM
Yes Karen is right. All the 360 gallons of Sap is gone and boiled down and the sap I measured last night is same trees but it flowed yesterday for a little while, 10 gallons from my 15 tap tube line and about 5 gallons from Buckets from last week before the freeze...
DonMcJr
03-25-2013, 09:28 PM
As of 9pm my total on my tube line was 15 gallons! 15 Taps...15 Gallons in 7 hours!!!!! WOWSA!
It is still flowing but slowing down...temp is at 34.9 and Barometer has risen from 29.02 at 6pm to 29.12 at 10:15pm....
Made this Video of the flow and me check my (Brag) 3.25% Sugar Content!!!!
http://youtu.be/3oEynAwKUus
chasesugarbush
03-26-2013, 07:57 AM
Don a question my sap hydro says 60 deg on it do you know if that makes a big diff checking it at say 40 deg will that change the reading?
thanks from across the pond!!
DonMcJr
03-26-2013, 02:07 PM
You said across the pond... by chance is 60 C equal to 38 F ? if so it's the same temp just different metrics...
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