Finger Lakes

[backyardsugarer]

What a start to the year!!!!! Got tapped Friday and was able to leak check and get vac. in all 4 areas. Saturday was disappointing but it ran all night and picked up Sunday. 500 gallons of Sap Friday, 200 Saturday and 1,550 gallons of sap on Sunday. Biggest single day I have had in years. Made 35 + gallons of ultra light syrup. Now it looks like a few quiet weeks until we get another run.

[backyardsugarer]

Managed 370 gallons of sap over the weekend. Made 9.5 gallons of really light stuff. Looks like a week of until the season really starts early next week. Good to have 47 gallons bottled and ready before the real runs begin. No substitute for vacuum. My 1 area of 70 taps on gravity did nothing. bushes on vac got me enough to RO and boil.

[M.MacKenzie]

Finger lakes: Yates and Ontario County producers interested in visiting 4 different local sugarhouses/producers on Saturday, March 7, to observe/discuss different operations ranging between 2,000-5000 taps, either involved in direct retail or wholesale trade, please contact Malcolm MacKenzie: mimackenzie6114@gmail or 585-374-6162. Pre-registration is requested.

[M.MacKenzie]

Yates/Ontario Maple Producers Tour[
Saturday, March 7, 2020

Tour several different maple sugar producers’ houses located in Yates and Ontario counties! These producers feature operations ranging from 2,000-6,000 taps and include both wood and oil-based firing, steam-aways, diatomaceous filter presses, reverse-osmosis sap treatment, and both retail and wholesale sales.

Featured Tour Sites:

Tour starts at the Mahlon and Emma Hoover Farm (Pultney Rd., Branchport). Other visits currently include:

Steve and Laura Finnan’s brand-new sugarhouse operation (Brink Hill Rd., Italy)
Wohlschlegel’s Naples Maple Farm (owned by Garry and Bobbie Wohlschlegel, Coats Rd., Naples)
Rocky Ridge Maple Farms, LLC (Rte. 21, Canandaigua)
Visits will feature time for observation and discussion

Event & Registration Information

The tour starts at the Hoover Farm. Please plan for about 10 minutes of travel time between sites. Please indicate if you need carpooling if available. The total tour time will be about four hours.

9:00 am - 9:45 am: Hoovers’

10:00 am - 10:45 am: Finnans’

11:00 am - 11:45 am: Wohlschlegels’

12:10 pm - 1:00 pm: Rocky Ridge

When: Saturday, March 7th, 2020

Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Where: M