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Well we tapped on March 10 and so far have made 83 litres of sap from around 100 pails. Our syrup on sunday was a nice darker medium lighter amber. I'm really hoping for another good run so we can get our 100liters. the weather however doesn't look to promising...
We had a great weekend. Friday we didn't boil but we got almost 6" of wet snow. Sap ran OK Saturday but not well because it didn't freeze overnight. Made a good amount of syrup from Friday & Saturday's combined runs. Sunday we had a great day - not as good as Thursday but still excellent. We're up to 0.4 litres per tap and it froze last night so today should be another decent one. Still up to 2 feet of snow in the bush and a lot of our slopes are north facing so this hot spell this week might not shut us down. Syrup was light on Saturday but slid to a beautiful medium yesterday. I expect it'll be amber by week's end.
Ennis
Our stuff went from extra light to medium one day and to medium and buddy the next. I think I lost some medium that would have been OK because it went into a storage tank that got some buddy mixed on top.
Keep it segregated or buddy will get you.
Hope you get at least a few more days.
We pulled the buckets and taps today. Over half of the buckets were bone dry. North slope buckets were about 1/3 full but there were not many of them and they didn't smell right so we dumped and shut down.
Big Eddy
It ran crystal clear up to and including today... but only on the north slopes today. That area still had a foot of snow. But the few taps we had there smelled off ... not enough for a boil. Done.
Got about 25 gallons of extra light very mild tasting syrup and 10 gallons of what looks like it will grade as light. The next day the next batch was the same color but buddy.
The trees have the red/purple tinge to the tops but when you get close the buds still look small. Not swollen. It caught me by surprise how soon and fast it changed.
Well we collected another 200 gallons of 3% and is crystal clear so I kept the sap separate like you said Brent
Brent how much snow do you have in the bush right now.
James
only got snow on the north protected slopes. They have about a foot.
Our hay fields are green !!!!!
I'm going to dream about the 300 gallon plus day ... and screwing it with Friday's bad stuff.
Ah nope, I'm going to have nightmares about losing it.
Today's Agriphone from the Min of Ag thinks most of the Kawartha area is good for a few more days.
You're pretty close. Hang in.
We got a foot in my bush every were and about 4" on are fields.
Our part of Eastern Ontario is much further behind you guys. On my drive to the farm (north of Perth) last Friday there was a noticeable difference in the amount of snow that started about halfway between Kaladar and Sharbot Lake. We should get through this hot spell and still be OK when the cold stuff hits this coming weekend. I've never tasted buddy sap/syrup from our bush. Maybe we're lucky or just don't hang on long enough!
Ennis
you just have not lived till you take a mouthful expecting sweet and smooth and get something that tastes like a 50 50 mix of honey and battery acid.
You may get lucky this year. Good chance you'll get it before the holes dry up.
LOL!!! There's a life altering experience I can live without!
My mother said they were getting wet snow this morning so maybe we'll make it through this week. Our taps have been in for only 3 weeks and they're all on vacuum so they shouldn't dry up yet. I'm praying for more snow!