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New Hope Mapleman
01-22-2008, 08:03 PM
So I was curious who all has tapped! If you don't mind-how many you have in-what you got for sap-when you tapped, and how much you've made!

Just curious myself. We did some tapping one year early and did well, but the extra month and a half set me up to be over tired!

Thanks
Dan

Sugarmaker
01-22-2008, 08:11 PM
Still waiting! I have work in the bush and in the Sugarhouse to get done too.
Chris

OGDENS SUGAR BUSH
01-22-2008, 08:41 PM
Figure 1 More Month Till Tapping
Rich

maplekid
01-22-2008, 09:14 PM
ill be tapping in a week or two hopefully.

mountainvan
01-22-2008, 09:15 PM
700 + taps already. 3000 gal sap 40 gal syrup, 2,300 to go, maybe next week.

jemsklein
01-22-2008, 09:29 PM
i tap in mid march for use that is when the wheather is just starting to change but i just put up some more taps and we are at 303

eye8astonie
01-23-2008, 08:40 AM
Dan, we tapped Jan. 6, got 120 gallons of sap out of 40 taps. So far we have 5 gallons of maple beer (boiled 65 gallons down to make this), one pint of finished syrup, and the rest is still in the pan waiting to be finished.

Looks like it may warm up again soon... let's hope! Like I said in a previous post, I wouldn't have tapped so early except that we might be moving in March, so when we saw that week of warm weather we figured we'd better do it while we can.

Duane

ennismaple
01-23-2008, 12:12 PM
We normally tap the first or second week of March. Our season will go until mid April which is plenty long for us!

andrew martin
01-24-2008, 12:28 AM
Dan,

Already tapped in Central KY with 250 taps. will put in 100 additional taps this Friday, then sit back and wait. We have made 4 gallons of medium to date.

Andrew