Season is over in Poestenkill

[jcutts]

Will be pulling 65 taps this week and calling an end to a poor season. Looking forward to next year already. Had a great time with my son and grandsons.

[Greg Morin]

Were still holding out for 1 last run this week? we hope no buds in the sugars yet. but the silvers do.

[Lyle]

I'll be pulling mine this week as well. The last run i collected was getting pretty cloudy and very low sugar. Time to get back to the other chores that have taken a back seat. The silver lining to this poor seasons cloud is I won't have to cut much sap wood for next year!

[cropseyvillemark]

Not yet. Better weather is coming, the buds are tight and the full moon is right behind it. I don't know if any of that means anything, but that is what the folks with a lot more experience than I have are saying. I am running out of time, but still have wood to burn, so we'll clean up,regroup and push on.

[super sappy]

Dont cost a nickel to leave those taps in . And after this year a frog run is better than no run at all. Scrub those tanks and rinse those buckets...clean up the empties before visitors come ..... Fear No Sap ...... super sappy

[super sappy]

Boiled today for 8 hours . Sap has a slightly clowdy color at 2% and even though it was buddy with a slight tootsie roll flavor ,it still graded at dark A. All I can say is what a F*&*ed up season .-Super sappy

[cropseyvillemark]

I'm throwing in the towel. I still have 300 gal of sap, but it's low sugar and a little smelly. I think at this point the firewood is worth more than the syrup I would make.

[super sappy]

Mark : I have heard alot of local complaints / Reports of low sugar for this season from guys just north of me in the Argyle -Salem area My sugar content stayed high all year and we finished with buddy sap still at 2%. I am wondering if these low counts are a direct effect from the Dec 2008 ice storm ?My trees really rebounded last year with alot of new crown and trunk growth but I had planned on a reduced sugar content season and got just the opposite... What were your sugar #s?-super sappy

[cropseyvillemark]

I was steady at 2 to 2.2 all season. just the last run got weak. We,re usually around 2.5. Last year it never got over 2.