Northeast Ohio?

Snow all the way . . .

fruit flies are out now so i had to put the screens on the windows.


lots of niter this year... lots.

drawing off light amber still .

I second the niter comment. Have to shut down every 3-4 hours to switch sides. Have been able to bottle 80.5 gallons. After being grade A dark for awhile, the last 20 gallons have been medium. With warm sap tonight and tomorrow I assume it will go back to dark or even B (my favorite) before the cold sets in mid week.

Defienetly snow! But I'll take the nice weather for gathering! I've made 45 Gallons so far. The last 20 were medium.

Big run, we boiled for 5days and really needed a break. Visited Gingrich for more containers today and found it very busy with most also buying containers. We are up to 120 gal. finally making some dark. Sap is running at 37 to 1. Nice freeze up and rest up till Friday. Heard a few frogs last night so the end is near. The old timers would say the frogs will get frozen three times before spring is here for good. We don't make much syrup after hearing the frogs.

12 gallons of light and 5 medium so far... got another 300 gal of sap in the trailer for tomorrow night. ... love this weather .


I've got a good feeling we're going to have at least another couple 3-day runs before its close to over. At least that is what I hope :)

I am up to 96.5 gallons bottled plus another several still in evaporator. Its going to be nice to get a little break and then more sap Fri hopefully. I am currently making grade B but hope it will lighten back up after this cold spell.

Starting to get some cloudy and yellowish sap here in Cleveland. I guess the maples are budding. Anyone else? On a more positive note, here's my new cooking rig! Any feedback? My hillbillyness is reaching new and epic levels.
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You've reached Hillbilly Heights right there on your meth lab. ;) Seriously, I'd take it in a heartbeat.

Hey All,

I was very late in tapping this year-just kept thinking it was winter still, so I missed the first gush and don't know where the trees are in the process but I got about 15 gallons of sap the first two days-which was last weekend,
and today is the first the sap has run since. I got about as much today. I have maybe 20 taps on the trees that are within hauling distance. As in, hiking back up the hill with my pitchers full because the trees are all downhill. I boil in a pan ontop of my outdoor grill which has a side burner for like beans or whatever. It works pretty well but yes it would save me a bunch of money if I would just buy the stuff.

But then, I wouldna get to do all this sipping.....

Nice rig Maple 216, nothing is budding here. Don't be fooled by the red maples, they always look like theyre budding. . . Ontario, glad your grill is working out! It's all fun!!