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harrison6jd
03-11-2014, 08:46 PM
got a late start today but started boiling late in the afternoon. boiled off a little over 50 gallons. still 70 in the tank and will resume in the morning. new homemade evaporator and hood all indoors for the first time in 6 years. its nice being inside.
harrison6jd
03-12-2014, 09:56 PM
ripped of another 70 gallons today. still have 60 in the tank for tomorrow. looks like a little cold snap. should be good for sap.
harrison6jd
03-13-2014, 08:36 PM
finished off,filtered, and bottled just over 3 gallons of syrup tonight. still some almost syrup in the pan to finish tomorrow.
harrison6jd
03-16-2014, 08:01 PM
boiled another 70 gallons today and finished 1.5 gallons of syrup from yesterday. dont think much flowed for me today. i have to go find some sap.!
5050racing
03-17-2014, 08:27 AM
Nice! Let's see some pics
foursapsyrup1
03-17-2014, 10:56 AM
We've collected about a third of the sap compared to this time last year. We are making some great Grade A product though. Sap flow in the tubing is sporatic. New mainline is doing great.

boiled another 70 gallons today and finished 1.5 gallons of syrup from yesterday. dont think much flowed for me today. i have to go find some sap.!
harrison6jd
03-17-2014, 03:20 PM
yes, sporadic here as well and also about a third. last year at this time i was all done. some people stopped over here sunday so i was not able to come an see you guys. i will get there though.
harrison6jd
03-19-2014, 10:39 PM
taking pics is on the list to do. i will have some for the end of the week. boiled off another 50 gallons this afternoon. it seems like every other day i am cooking a little. nice and relaxed.
Nice! Let's see some pics
harrison6jd
03-21-2014, 08:26 PM
collected 265 gallons in the last few days. started to boil it today and hope to finish it tomorrow night. finished off 4 gallons of sweetness while the new sap boiled away.
harrison6jd
03-23-2014, 07:48 PM
finished fridays take on sap and ended up with about 5 gallons of syrup. darker than last week but always tasty. grabbed 160 gallons of sap today to boil tomorrow. busy time is here. took some pictures and now have to set up an album here.
harrison6jd
03-29-2014, 01:13 PM
i ve cooked a few times since i was last here but yestaerday i grabbed almost 200 gallons in a 24 hour period and still going. the 12v pump does seem to add to my collections. cooking now and will be tomorrow as well. i am approaching last years production but may not get to that amount.
harrison6jd
03-30-2014, 05:22 PM
saturday i got another 150 galllons in 24hrs. i can feel the end but the trees keep giving.