Sap down to 1.5 but much clearer than what we got yesterday afternoon. Running hard, just got to hold on for a few days for a real freeze
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Sap down to 1.5 but much clearer than what we got yesterday afternoon. Running hard, just got to hold on for a few days for a real freeze
Made a trip to pick up a 40 gallon drum today. Came home to boil the sap from yesterday and today. Looks like we are nearing the end of the season here the syrup was rather buddy. Maybe this weekend's temperatures may help make a little more syrup. We are up to about 104 gallons this year. A good improvement over last year's 65 gallons with adding about 40 new taps this year.
Mike
Processed and boiled my gravity and buckets from yesterday's collection, and the warm sap that came in this afternoon.
Made another 12 gallons of DR with good flavor. One of the coldest spots in the state here this morning (freezing until 10:15), and the sap never started flowing at all until near noon. Flowing well now, and near clear sap at 1.5%, my norm for this season.
Pretty good run here today. Should run until Saturday night. We hit 600 gallons tonight.
My Jericho woods 2,149 taps are up to 22 gal sap per tap. I have collected 47,300 gals so far as compared to a little over 25,00 last year. Too bad sugar went down to 1%. Yesterday, from 2:00 Pm to 6:30 PM, sap ran .70 gpt. Can't wait for this morning surprise. Overall, at .43 gal syrup per tap.
Joe
It's one day at a time at this point. I made another 10 gal. AR last night with ok flavor. Boiling is still pretty easy. Some new smells are starting to appear in the sugarhouse which suggest the end may be near for me. I'm savoring the final days as much as possible.
The sap ran pretty well yesterday once everything thawed and went well over 1 gpt in 24 hours from yesterday til today. Sugar at 1% or slightly below, and sap has that late season look and smell to it. My plan is to boil today what came in overnight and will come in today and see where I am at. I may finish it off with a water chase, or try to go til tomorrow. If we hit the predicted highs I think sap quality is going to drop off dramatically...
We are participating in the open house weekend but I don't think we will boil. I have no interest in trying to keep sap when it is 60+ degrees and don't want to boil late season syrup with visitors. I think it will actually be nice to focus on giving tours and talking with people instead of having to worry about boiling. Any Traders looking for something to do are welcome to stop by!
Good luck everyone!
Pretty sure my red maples are done after today and tomorrow's warmth. Sugars will probably produce again next week if my tap holes aren't dried up. They've been in 6 weeks now. Running very low on dry wood and spousal tolerance.
Didn't warm up fast enough yesterday, so only made 65 gal before we shut down for the night. That puts us at 2,020 gal for the season, a new total production record for us, which is 0.47 gal/tap. Sap kept coming in and ran well overnight (tanks are all 3/4 full or better), so with a little luck we should break 0.5 gal/tap by this afternoon. Judging by my research chambers, it was probably the 2nd or 3rd best run for the season. Sugar content yesterday was 1.7-1.8 Brix. Haven't checked it yet today. Not sure if we'll make it though the next few days....the clouds and rain should help. However the peepers are starting and green things (spring ephemerals) are beginning to show up on the ground in the woods. I'd say we have about a 50:50 chance (maybe a tad better) of still making syrup next week.
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Aren't We All
Dr. Tim those peppers are going to be under an inch of ice come Saturday night. I see no signs of buds in my woods yet ( I am afraid to look up though). I think I have a 100% chance of going into next week. Sap is clear and still testing 1.6% this morning. Sap ran all night but is now only running 300 GPH. There is no sun today or tomorrow so that will help. I'm thinking big sap starting next Wednesday again. I want my .5 real bad. I have 210 apple trees coming on the 22nd of April. If I hit .5 avg I may be able to talk the wife into 200 more. :)
Spud