Still Going?

[Parker]

All right,,,who still has the FAITH? Who among you STILL BELIEVES-NO, KNOWS,,, it will run agine???

[Thompson's Tree Farm]

I'm still goin'. My syrup is dark but I am still tasting it without a grimace and I still can turn the vacvaroom up a notch too. Not gonna let some pirate suck water out of the creek longer than I do!

[Jerome]

I got about 8" of snow today and its going to be cold all week I'm still going finished 4 gals of amber today bring my total to 11 gal from 17 taps. I thinking of getting some 5 gal pails and selling bulk.

[mountainvan]

Still cooking here. Just made 10 gals extra dark and saps still flowing.

[Big maple]

All of our trees are budded and the sap looks like milk but we made 20 gallons on saturday ran the pumps today and the rest of the week looks to be ideal for sap runs. We stiil have wood and sap sitting at 1% so we will make syrup until we run out of wood or sap. The last 60 gallons have a severe wang to them but the odd thing is the first 40 came out med amber in color despite the low sugar and milky sap. Gotta be in it to win it !

[tapper]

I am still going. I gathered 4 day old sap yesterday and was expecting bad stuff but it boiled out at grade b with good taste. It is supposed to freeze 3 nights this week. Maybe we can have a chance of ending up with an avarage season.

[maplecrest]

still going here, running right now r/o is running and very slow right now 900 an hour. making light good tasting B almost dark amber this after noon. sap clear. the spout adapters are the way to go.180 gallons from 1/2 gallon per tap

[Brian Ryther]

33gal in the past three days. All vac sap. All "C". All good. Pulled buckets yesterday. Gravity lines are dry. Vac lines are giving 1/2 gal of sap / tap a day still. Looks good for the next 5 days. Enough wood for one more boil. Time to find some standing dead to make it to the end. Whenever that is???

[KenWP]

I had a tiney run today when it warmed up enough. Then clouds rolled in and it stopped. All I need is a cold night and a warm day. I have lots of trees with out buds still.

[sapman]

I processed 700 gal. sap tonight, and finally finished syrup I've been holding in the finishing pan from two prior boils, so put 35 gal. in the barrel. Thought sure it would be extra dark, but actually made borderline dark A. Wife says it has good flavor still, but I'm not so sure. Gotta taste it later. Still hoping for freezing weather, vacuum still going!

Tim

[markcasper]

I am sure we have some season left. The syrup out last night was high dark A. I have not made any B grade yet. Vacuum ran at least 1 gallon/ tap yesterday. Hard freeze going on now.

The neighbors cattle got out and pulled the vacuum pump electric cord from the barn. Those only ran a quart per tap not having vacuum. Oh these little things really get to ya!

[Russell Lampron]

My vacuum pump is running!

[paul]

Made 83 Gallons Last Night Were Not Done Yet. Still Got Another Week Left. Vac Will Run Untill The Trees Don`t Or It Blows Up.

[paul]

Made 83 Gallons Last Night Were Not Done Yet. Still Got Another Week Left. Vac Will Run Untill The Trees Don`t Or It Blows Up.
Parker Don`t Give Up

[ennismaple]

We're hanging on for one more weekend. I'm headed off to Atkinson's this afternoon to pick up 3 more drums or else we'll have nowhere to put syrup after Thursday! My time & energy and my wife's patience are all in short supply but I can't let good sap go to waste!!! Gotta hit the 1,000 gallon mark or else!

[KenWP]

I need some heat to get the trees to drip. When it stops raining and warms up a bit the trees drip and then shut down as soon as it rains again. I have lots of trees just need the weather for them.

[Russell Lampron]

My vacuum pump is still running!

[Brian]

Froze right now, I hope for 2 more weeks but we'll see. Parker I am glad you found your releaser.

[PerryW]

I'm still hanging on. My lowest grade was mid-grade Grade A Dark Amber made last friday (no sap since then).

Temp is just dropping below 32 right now and it looks like some sugaring weather for the next few days. I washed the tanks out and dumps the little bit of sap in the buckets.

I'm at 86 gallons right now and still hoping to break 100 gals.

[KenWP]

Froze last night here also and early evening also which makes the freeze better. All it has to do is get enough sun to start the trees running and I am away. Only time will tell.

[Jerome]

I'll be keeping my taps in till Monday then that is the forecast is the best is been all year and we have been below freezing for the last three days.

[OCVTmaple]

i think this is my last weekend last weekend the sap was a little cloudy but still made some low grade A. might keep the taps out one more week but not sure yet. i wanna break the 10 gal mark for this year

[RileySugarbush]

We collected 200 gallons yesterday, still pretty clear. Heard the peepers about half a mile from the bush so it's getting close to quitting time.

[KenWP]

Folrecast looks good for a while here still.I moved all my taps to sugar maples from the reds and the silvers and they are all running today. If they were not running I moved them to trees that were. My last push of the season.