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5050racing
03-11-2013, 07:32 PM
I think it over for me??boiled 250 gallons this weekend what a run on Saturday 70 gallons and 3 trees overflowing 5 gal buckets,collection drums overflowing in a 24 hr period.Finished tonight's 70 gal boil I kept separate from the 180. I think it's the end,collected 3 gallons today some were dry.Now to start the clean-up. Boiled till 3am Sunday morning jammin guitars,and so on. I'll give it this week??

5050racing
03-11-2013, 07:38 PM
I just looked and I think I hit it as good as you could tapped 1/27 and flowed till this Saturday!! I will total what I made after I jar what in the filter and coffee urn,somewhere about 7-8 gallons for the year,most of the year was 50:1 or worse.My trees are in a mature forest with 80',90' oaks,popular,they fight for sun but are old and healthy!!!

Cazzanooch
03-11-2013, 08:22 PM
This is my 5th year of sugarin and by far the best. Collected a little over 600 gallons from 29 taps. Made about 10 gallons of syrup with 120 gallons of sap I'm struggling to find the time to boil. I'm not going to give up on the season yet- I tapped on Jan 27 and this is only the second time since then the sap stopped running because of warm weather. If the long range forecast holds true I think the weather might be good for another week, maybe two. Even if this is the end it's been a really good year :D

5050racing
03-12-2013, 04:55 AM
Yes it's been the best so far my third year as a adult,did it when I was 8,9 with gramps.I didn't pull anything but will see.I made at least 8gal some time hard to keep track?? Thats a good thing!

sugarwoodacres
03-13-2013, 07:29 PM
It's been a great year . I've made 20 gallons of syrup . ..the most ever . Last weekend . Sat .Sun.Mon I boiled
480 gallons . Glad NJ got a good one in . We just dumped all the buckets and I agree that we could get one more run

Cazzanooch
03-13-2013, 09:16 PM
:cry::cry: Did a real dummy tonite and now my pan is a black mess :mad: I've scorched small spots a couple of times in the past, nothing major, but this is a mess. If it doesn't clean up easily I'll probably just stick a fork in this season and call it done. :(

sweetmoomoo
03-13-2013, 10:02 PM
my last boil tonight, made about three gallons for the season. it was my first time ever makeing syrup and i am looking foward to next year. learned alot this season and i am going to go at it next year smarter and harder. allso learned alot from the people on this fourm .

5050racing
03-14-2013, 08:00 AM
You got the adictiion welcome to the treatment.this site is great learn a lot here.maybe a run this week with these temps