LOL yes when she who must be obeyed brings up something it can be a few scary hours.
I try to not mention those kinds of things until after meal times.
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LOL yes when she who must be obeyed brings up something it can be a few scary hours.
I try to not mention those kinds of things until after meal times.
I got a few more things to clean up this morning and I should be ready to go.
I am seriously thinking about tapping in this week. Do here where I am we tend to have milder winters than the rest of you. All the snow is now going and it is raining, I checked the forecast and man does it look good!
There is no one else right around me that I can gauge on go-time. They are either out by Somerset in the mtn's or up north toward Theron's. What to do??
Anyway I got some cleaing to do, good luck.
Well it has been like 4 days in a row and the test taps from the fall have ran everyday. She who must be obeyed is liking her morning coffee made from fresh sap. I am still on the fence. Dang I know it will not last but at the same time I am losing out on now. This maple thing is a love hate relationship.
#3rgen. It's just a late fall run. Hard to say what the weather will do. Was pretty warm here today. A high of 40 degrees. I looked at a tree and figured nahhhhhh to early and who wants to boil sap in the snow anyways. Will be colder end of the week here to.
It is a bit early, but I remember hearing about a bunch of people a couple of years ago over in Vermont and NY State who tapped in January and made a bunch of syrup.
It depends on how long it stays warm.
If it warms up any time in February we tap.
Wouldn't it be great to tap in mid February when I have vacation?
I know guys but man when you see it run and look at the 15 day forcast and there are 10 potential days of sap weather you gotta really question your sanity. What is holding me back is the sugar content. Not Good At All it has been 1.2 and under. I do not recall seeeing it that low since I started testing for sugar content.
It's back below freezing here. It was a couple of nice days though. I stocked up on firewood for the house. I don't want to run short for She who must be obeyed while I'm trying to boil sap in March. The snow has settled to about a foot and should make a good base to pull wire and mainline on next week. The galvy sheets for the back of my arch should be ready tomorrow mid day and the new stack and taper should also be ready for pick up this week. I need to pick up about a dozen more half fire brick and a bucket of refractory cement for the re bricking once I get the back re pop riveted into place. I think I will set the arch up four inches from the floor. I'd go eight but some of the help isn't six feet tall so four is a good compromise. I want to add one more dead dry pine tree to the sugar wood pile then that should be enough. This next week things should start to come together. I hope.
Well we got 90% of the roof and the 2 gable ends sided. I wish I had went with shorter walls. I didn't need a 20ft tall sugar house. But wicked good progress considering it started snowing at noon.
Quit teasing, Dill, and post some pics!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dill
Go dill!!!! maybe you'll be ready for the season git r done.