november journal

Were not going to take your sap Scott unless you sell it to me. I cant even keep my own stuff working. Theron

Last couple of nights were long ones finishing insulating the RO room,,but its pretty tight,,Going to get the RO today,,,then we will have to figure the wiring and plumbing...where to put permate tank ect....Really rather be in the woods,,,but better to get this done befor snow.....

Parker- that was my problem also...rather be in the woods than glueing PVC together and tightening hose clamps in the RO room. I thnk I finally have mine done, will post pics later for you guys to take a look at. I'm sure I did something wrong and would rather fix it now than in Feb when sap is flowing.

R.O is in its room with heater,,,quite a job getting it,,could not have done it without NH maple 48 and tom,,,THANKS,,,now the wireing and plumbing!! Moving forward!

i'm sitting here waiting for syrup to heat up and then cool down for a batch of cream. The season is a upon me for making a ton of maple products for Christmas time. Most every night I have to make something for the next few weeks
I'm trying to catch up on the trader.
Keith

here a updated pic of my little sugarhouse and the wood i,ve been hauling in.

http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medi...update1110.jpg


delbert

delbert,
Nice wood pile looks like a lean to will be needed for all that wood!

I have been working on maple related projects today and sold some syrup to neighbor. More on that after syrup season.

Keith Talbot stopped by and visited this morning he has his evaporator all reassembled and ready and has about 5 cords of wood ready to make syrup. Hope I am doing that well at 79 years:)

Haynes that new R.O. will be a great addition. hope the set up is progressing well for you. I wouldn't have a clue as to how to set one up.

Theron,
You must be about ready to tap?:)
Regards,
Chris

Chris- Im not!, Im working steady though. Yesterday dad and I were working on the shed closing in the new evaperator and I had to cut down a small maple out behind the tanks. It was gushing sap. Weve had freeze after freeze this fall. With a season like last spring having only had three freezes Im really considering fall tapping. Not this year but next year Im going to do something. Im either going to tap one bush in and process it on a small evaperator as a test or Im going to tap a certain amount of trees in and dump the sap as an experiment. I cant see how I couldnt make a lot of sap right now. I know all the studies say that the sap is weak in the fall but like last spring we were always a long way from a freeze night and that sap was weak becouse of that. Im wondering if climate change is making our area more favorable to fall tapping. Anyway Im going to do my own little study next fall. Im coming along pretty good getting ready anyway. Dad has the shed almost all closed in and its really looking nice. Im still tuning up the woods. I think I am going to have very few new taps. Maybe 450 but my big goal is getting the ones I have super good and I think Im going to accomplish that. I like hearing what everyone else is doing. Lot of big things happening this year with guys on the trader. Brian is putting new taps in, Parker is going to finally have an ro, Maple walnut is going to have an ro, Casey is going commercial and he isnt even out of school yet, be a fun spring. Theron

:o, Theron,
Were you late getting out of the woods or were you getting ready for an early start?

Finished getting the sugar wood in yesterday. The woodshed is stacked to the roof and I had to put some inside the sugar house too. It is all nice and dry and under cover. I used less than 2 cords last season and have almost 3.5 cords for this coming season. I hope that I have to start worrying about running out of wood this season. That will mean that I had the best season ever!

I started working in the woods last weekend and things are coming along nicely there. I am replacing the last 1/2" mainline with 3/4" and want to add a dry line to increase the efficiency of my oldest section of tubing. I have been getting close to 20 gallons of sap per tap out of my reds but WAAAAAANT to get more.

I collected over 12000 gallons of sap last season and could have made a lot more quality product if the sugar had been there. I would like to double last seasons total of 153 gallons.

Did I miss something here Chris? I know that Parker has an RO now but I didn't know that Haynes has one too.