And your still in my prayers every single night. Looks like you had lots of fun. I miss those times with my kids.
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And your still in my prayers every single night. Looks like you had lots of fun. I miss those times with my kids.
Ditto!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pdiamond
It so so great to see kids involved and have a blast!
Having two young boys myself I can imagine how overwhelming this must be. If there is anything I can do for you just reach out.Quote:
Originally Posted by bryankloos
First boil this past weekend and bottled last night. Sadly no golden this year....First draw was amber. Oh well. Made 8 1/2 gallons.
This past weekend was my second boil. Small time barrel stove. Boiled 50 gallons. Color was good. Pretty much the same as my first boil.
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Hmmmm....
The forecast is looking a little wonky.
Cold, with a warm up, and then too warm.
I'm hopeful that things cool off after the extended warming a week or so out and get us some more sap.
I'm trying to remember when I hung it up last year.
I've only collected may 20% of last years sap thus far...
Hmmmm...????
It seems like its getting late early. I'm starting to wonder about this year.
Sap flow was fairly meager today for what I would expect.
In my first boil I had only 65 gallons of sap and 35 of that came from a run with 7 taps on it that had a column of sap 50 feet long from the tank, which generated 8 inches of mercury at the top of it.
My other 38 taps yielded only 30 gallons and had no vacuum generated on any of them.
This seems like a year where vacuum is a must.
I am either going to buy a cliff with a bunch of maple trees growing at the top of it or a nice pump.
Great that I got at least some vacuum and a new home built RO that made short work of my 65 gallons.
Thanks to all those who helped.
Just to give you all a comparison, I've only collected around 280 gallons of sap this year. 5 qts of syrup and a pan of sweet still. This on a 100+ taps. Even my 30 taps on 3/16, which were pumping out the sap a week ago aren't doing much. Hoping to collect today from yesterday's late run and today's. Have to fire up the sweet either way.
I’m in the same boat. I think I have maybe 300 gallons off my 77 taps.
My pan is sweet and I have over a gallon of syrup but I’m far behind last year.
I collected 40 gallons yesterday.
I hit 25F at my pump controller last night, so hopefully I get another 40+ today.
I need to fire up the pan regardless, but I’d rather have concentrate to trickle in vs just a boil to pass time...
Fingers crossed the second half of March fills the buckets!
Looks to be one of those off years - Running great today, surprising too as it's 35 degrees and a cold wind -