February Journal 08, GO TIME

well i added about 40 more taps and am fully tapped so far i made 2 gallon, thats one gallon less than last year. im feeling good about sunday its going to be 45

I just got an interesting picture from my parents. It is safe to say they have some snow up there.

royalmaple; I take it that would normally be a flat empty front yard?

Old Royal boiled as late as anybody I heard of last year. The frogs were even trying to get him to stop as they were afraid to go thru the woods thinking they might get sucked up by his vacuum, so they headed to the sugarhouse to tell him to stop as you can see on one of his videos.

Jerry's my witness you were there towards the end. Might as well have been water we were boiling. Miserable stuff, but we made some syrup. Not going to happen like that this year.

Jim-

Yup, that is flat in front of their house. And that's not been plowed up to get more emphasis on the snow, that's the level. The garage is lower as you can see. And in the back of the house you can just walk right on the garage roof, without skipping a beat.

Where are your parents located??

They live in Jay, ME.

royal nice looking choclate

Hi all,
The evaporation enhancement unit is together, just have a few more things to do, like check for leaks, attach the float box, seal off one end, buy a blower, and set it up!
Monday should finish it up!!!!
Then to make a filter/canner!!!!
This sure has been fun!!!!
I'll keep you guys posted!

Dave

Matt, I really do believe you were making syrup that late last year. The first year I put the vacuum system in I quit boiling about the 17 April. I had run out of wood and long run out of desire to boil anymore when daytime high was nearing 65 degrees. Sap ran a couple days after I stopped. The sugar content had fallen to 1.5 the last day. That year one of the days around April 5-6 by 9:30 am Uncle shut off the vacuum pump as the tank was running over. Sad part was he didn't tell me till 1pm. Trees had been tapped that year about Feb 25.