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I had a really good sap run last yesterday and into the last night on the tract in middlefield/durham. Quick freeze overnight and it ran like gangbusters today. Collected 55gal from monday night, and 110 gal today at last check about 4pm it was still running very strong. Bottled 4 gallons from over the weekends boil, and still have about 2 gal of sweet from the pan I need to bring down. plus a good buddy dropped off a 5gal bucket of fresh dug steamers. Looks like ill be busy boiling a bunch of good stuff!
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Ive got some room on the evaporator to cook those steamers that sounds delicious.
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Looking out the kitchen window at 5 AM there's an almost full bucket staring back at me - The steam will be rising here good part of the day as another 2 day freeze up is coming tonight.
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I picked up 120 gallons yesterday through last night.
My 275 IBC storage tote is expected to overrun today, so I fired up the RO.
I'm expecting a boil later tonight and/or tomorrow morning depending on how things shake out today...
Weather looks promising for a good top off of the tanks today.
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I collected another 40 gallons from 24 taps last night but I got some moth's in my covered buckets last night.
Any body else findings moths?
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No moths, but got a few mosquitos!
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Also no moths but flys and mosquitoes. That and another 60 gallons of sap since yesterday afternoon.
The pan is back up to a boil hopefully I will get thru all the sap today.
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All you with no moths - They all flew to my place - must have picked out 2 dozen this AM. All caught up here, sap at 1035 gal so far.
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Tapped February 16th.
My Big trees are at or over 3% ( measured 3.25% the other day )
My Small trees are around 2%
My 1 Red Swamp Maple is at 1%. ( no more reds till I get a RO up and running )
Made close to 2 gallons of 66+ syrup on 75 gallons of sap in my first boil on the 19th. ( this includes what should amount to about a half pint of sugar sand after it is fully settled. )
So far I am glad I resisted the January temptations to boil water.
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Quick question.....i emptied my evaporator 12 days ago and stored the partially boiled sap (yellow color now) and stuck it in my refrigerator. I’m boiling again today and question using it. It smells fine....no rotten smell....hoping it’s ok. Any thoughts?
