Well yesterday was a great star with 108 gallons of sap collected here, looks like were on our way, today should be a great day!
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Well yesterday was a great star with 108 gallons of sap collected here, looks like were on our way, today should be a great day!
Today I gathered 40L from the sugar maples (9 taps in a total of 6 trees). Taps are dripping well. The sugar is on the low side, so tonight I'm going to put the sap in several smaller containers in hopes of making use of tonight's freeze up. I'll peel off the ice in the morning and save myself some unnecessary boil time.
My Norway Maple has pumped out 12L so far today from two taps. No complaints here.
Attachment 11031I was able to keep up with the sap flow and boil for the last 2 days. Finishing the first syrup this morning. Expect 3 gallons of liquid gold!
I put out 38 buckets on Saturday and another 12 on Monday for a total of 50 buckets. So far I have a couple of wet holes but that's about it. Maybe have a 1/2 cup of sap.
The soft maples just let loose 15 minutes ago. It looks like the season has now officially begun for me.
That's great Karen! Crazy how the weather can vary for us. I'm probably not too far from you but the trees are still sleeping for me this morning.
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I just got tapped only 14 this year not much of a run but there is still ice on the puddles and it is almost 3.
Well, so far this season (4 days) I've gotten 176L of sap off 192 taps. My arch takes 32.5L, so I am going to start a boil tomorrow. Today was disappointing as we only got to 33.5F late this afternoon. Forecast is good for the next 5 days, so
fingers crossed...still.
Parry Sound-
Trees seemed locked down still.
30 gallons on 300+ taps.
Heading down to -14 in the long term forecast .
I hope this isn't 2012 all over again.
I've collected a combined total of 75L from ten taps yesterday and today. It's a nice gradual start to what will hopefully become a flood of sap and late night boiling sessions.