2009 Bumper Crop on Boyle Road Report

[hard maple]

Set 100 taps tubing taps today, will set another 100 +/-tomorrow
then do the 225 buckets next weekend
sap was running steady
should be making syrup next sat or sunday

[hard maple]

final report
405 taps
70 gallons syrup
no light no medium
1/2 dark amber
1/4 B
1/4 C
sugar content 2.1%-1.2%
last season made up for the 30% loss this year
so with that said......more wood

[mapleman3]

Yep.. crappy season... the Assoc. will be looking for a lot of light this year for the Big E.... will be hard to come by.

[KenWP]

Big E is who what where when.

[Revi]

The big E is like a county fair on steroids. It is a huge eastern US Agricultural fair with lots of other things going on. It's in Springfield, Massachusetts in September.

[Revi]

Here's the website for the big E:

http://www.thebige.com/