New Brunswick 2022

[Maple Lady]

Thought I would start a thread to see if any others have started yet. I have two small lines run and going to get the taps in today. Upcoming week looks to be our first good run. May have missed a couple days here and there but nothing much.

[murferd]

We're officially starting today. Have been frigging here & there, but will start repairing & tapping today. The next week looks promising, hopefully we've turned the corner from the cold!

[erob]

I’m planning on tapping at the end of the week. I’ve relocated to the Sussex area. It’ll be interesting to see how the season goes this year.

[Maple Lady]

I had my first boil on Tuesday. Had about 40 gallons which was just enough to sweeten my pans. The RO bucket is a huge time and wood saver. Hoping for good runs today and tomorrow. Good luck to everyone.

[murferd]

We're tapped & all the line repairs done. Now to get tanks cleaned & shack set up & straightened around. Hopefully we don't get as bad a mess as they are calling for. Would almost rather have snow, then all the rain they're talking about.

[erob]

Got all my taps in. Cutting back a little this season as I have a lot of syrup left over from last season. Sap was running a little this after down here in Kings county. Y’all think it’s going to be a short season ?

[Maple Lady]

I keep looking at the forecast and it seems like it could be short but hopefully not. I had a decent collection today but not like I thought it would be. I'm going to boil what I have tomorrow regardless.

[ronnie 1]

We finished taping last Saturday, 675 taps. It ran a bit today, hopefully we can boil on the weekend. Good luck to every one.

[Maple Lady]

How's everyone making out? I haven't collected anything since Friday. Hopefully tomorrow will bring some in. The nights just haven't been cold enough. It ran a bit today but not worth collecting.

[ronnie 1]

We made about 3 gallons on the weekend, not running so good this week, looking better for next week. Sap is sweeter then last year, tested at 2.6 this weekend.

[murferd]

Ran ok, not great on weekend. Not much Monday & nothing yesterday. Supposed to warm up, but snow/rain mix today & tomorrow.. Hard to say when the weather will straighten out. We've bottled about 30 imp gals so far.. The piggyback we added this year seems to be working awesome.

[Maple Lady]

Oh nice!! Mine was 2% but haven't checked it today. I had a good run today. Hope tomorrow will be good but not getting very warm and no sun. I will be busy boiling tomorrow.

[erob]

Just finished up some syrup today after boiling most of the day yesterday. Really sweet stuff. Trees are completely shut down at the moment. Hopefully they pick back up again.

[murferd]

We're up to almost 100 imp gals, been a decent year so far. Yesterday sap ran surprisingly well, I've learned that nature messes with you. You can't predict what is going to happen all the time.

[Maple Lady]

Trees ran pretty decent from Wednesday afternoon til this morning. I kick myself for not taking some out of my barrel last evening. Vacuum ran all night and it overflowed. May get a couple more days next week. Or could be done tomorrow. It's been a fair year.

[murferd]

Saps been flowing great! It's probably coming to after today though, no freezing overnight in sight & double digit temps in day. No complaints, we've had a good year, & it's time to be done, possibly could surpass our all time total.

[Maple Lady]

That's great Murray. My buckets have almost stopped after last Friday. My tubing is still pulling it in though. I've had my best year yet as well. It wouldn't have been if I only had buckets. Today will likely be the last day for that.

[ronnie 1]

Best year for us here also, this past week we had more sap than we could store. we will be finishing for the season on the weekend. Time to move on to other things.

[erob]

Glad to hear everyone is having a good season. I collected again today. Saps still seems good so I’m going to store up for another boil this weekend and called it a season. I’ve had a really clear looking syrup this year and really sweet also.

[murferd]

Finished up what was left in evaporator yesterday on the propane stove. My brother put it on stove in the middle of the afternoon & we didn't start bottling until almost 8:00. We're done for another year, it was great! Ended up with an all time high for us of 198 imp gals, 238 us gals, or 900 litres. Now to get everything cleaned up.

[Maple Lady]

Congrats Murray! I finished up my pan Sunday. I hate going to propane to finish, it takes so long. But its my best option too. I finished with an all time high as well, but no where near as much as you. I had 13.21 U.S. gallons, 50 litres. I had 612 gallons of sap but it was barely 1.5% at the end and I bottle on the heavy side. Just how we like it. Now the fun part of cleaning everything.

[erob]

Season went by fast as it always does. I had a successful season again. Happy with the way the syrup turned out. Really clear and sweet this year. Got most of my cleaning up done and now to put everything away until next year. Already looking for ways to expand the operation next season.