I collected 215 gal Sunday morning from Saturday's run, and another 100 gal last night from yesterday's run. Saturday's run was the best run I have ever seen.
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I collected 215 gal Sunday morning from Saturday's run, and another 100 gal last night from yesterday's run. Saturday's run was the best run I have ever seen.
I pulled about 17 gallons between, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Pretty decent off 8 taps. Looks like it starting around here...finally.
35 gallons between 1PM and 1 AM on Sat, on 15 taps, then another gallon per tap yesterday! More days like that we will be in a ….sweet spot!
Mike
So I took about 18.5 gallons of sap between Thursday and Monday and ended up with slightly over a half gallon of syrup, putting my trees around 2.4%. I noticed this morning the tree that always buds first is beginning to. I have all reds. At what sugar content should I pull the taps where it would be considered buddy? Last year I had a batch that was alittle too late, basically I got the sap mostly boiled off and tasted a slight bitterness.
BTW I tap all red maples.
Had another nice run over the last few days. Another 20 gallons of sap to boil.
Has been flowing nicely in North Stamford recently. Looking forward to boiling this weekend.
Based on the long range forecast how long do you think we still have of sap weather? Obviously long range forecasts are terribly inaccurate but just wondering what other think in this area.
Im optomistic we have atleast a week left.
I had 85 gallons to boil on Friday, less than a week of collecting. None Saturday, collected another 20 gallons yesterday. Since we froze a bit last night, I expect some more today, same tomorrow. After that it won't freeze for a few days. If the buds open, we are done, right?
gearing up for first season in Oxford, CT. hoping for 12-15 trees (have to negotiate with neighbors), in the process of constructing a re-purposed pallet sugar house, gathering buckets from local shop rite bakeries, scrounging CL for pots, pans, bricks, fire pit grates, cinder blocks, wood splitter, chain saw, and pallets. been having a ball collecting everything. Evaporator is built (55 gal drum)...have the pans and pots, need to cut the holes in the drum, but first burn was done paint is removed. hoping it gets colder (imagine that), and that my first season is as great as i imagine it. turning 50yrs old in april, and this is first season...mid life crisis? wife thinks i'm crazy, 14yr old mad it took 10 years to build a fort! hahahahaha. cant wait to get started...looking to tap mid feb. we'll see
Scott I'm located in Shelton my name is Sam 2nd year doing this I'm up about 40 taps I feel the same way as you my wife comments about me being crazy and how I'm obsessed join my Facebook page
Sam
https://www.facebook.com/SamandSons2/
I tapped one tree today, nothing coming, but it was not freezing last night. Week ahead is freezing nights and 30's days. If this one runs, I will start tapping the others.
I am not ready to boil yet but close. I got more neighbors enlisted, but need to buy more taps and buckets.
Freezing temps, then warm yesterday, but no sap in the bucket. Froze again last night, through tomorrow. Will check again.
I'm located in Shelton within 2 days I've collected 8 gallons of sap
Sam
https://www.facebook.com/SamandSons2/
Sam from Shelton convinced me to tap early! set 15 taps today (Woodbridge, CT)...have about 25-30 more to do (Southbury)...going to wait a bit on those for now. First year...got the bug BAD! Got my Brother-in-Law helping me collect and boil...can't wait to get started.
I got about two gallons sap from the three taps this first week, so a start anyway. Good cold weather this week, so expect another flow window maybe next week, as it will stay in the 30's. Only things holding me back was concern that the tap wound would heal before the season is over, and that I am not quite ready to boil in my shack.
Coming quick though. Last year, tapped in mid Feb, but we went through a month long cold snap. Crazy flow came late March.
Braved the storm and got 30 taps in. Thanks again to Sam, good to have others close too.
We shall see what flow we get.... now there is snow to pile around the barrels for storage.
yea, Sam is Great!! i'm tapping at least 10-12 more tomorrow and found a bank owned empty home, with some trees...going to try my luck and hit them! hahahahaahhaaha
Wow didn't think most banks would think outside the box enough to allow that, my luck they would have so many insurance policies etc that by the time the paperwork was done the season would be over lol! I started tapping today while the weather was nice, hope by the end of next weekend to be all tapped in but time will tell, looks like ok weather coming!
Good idea about that bank owned home.
I have 47 taps in as of yesterday, and just collected around 30 gallons. some 5 gallon pails were to the brim, and one I spilled half:( Expect more the next two days, so Saturday or Sunday will be first boil. Early next week will be near 50 with lows above freezing for a few days, so want to boil it before then.
Boiled 70 gallons last weekend from 47 taps. Added four more taps to a gusher of a tree on Sunday, it filled 5 gallons in 6 hours, and another 8 the next day. So Tuesday night had another 75 gallons ready to go. Did not collect with the warm rain yesterday. Freezing tonight, so expect another good run Friday before boiling Saturday. Extended forecast for SW CT looks favorable through the 13th.
I need to do some welding on my Arch top to seal off the fire.
Hey Seeds, we both know Sam (your neighbor), we'll have to get together in the near future for taste testing. I fired up again last night and got 54 gallons simmering into 1 25gallon pot that has probably 16 gallons of concentrate brewing. I will try and finish that off tonight in my pallet shack. I fired that up the other night (after some exhaust roof modification), and its still standing, so I am ready to go at it tonight. Really glad i tapped early for my first season, and experienced this process all the way through twice. The experience has been awesome, and the syrup killer...of course batch 2 had a learning curve, but it all worked out thanks to an awesome Maple community...got candy, AND syrup! Batch 3 will be half and half, (the correct way of course)
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I tapped 8 trees in ri a couple days ago and trees are flowing good. Almost two gallons of cooked syrup so far. BTW I New here, nice too meet everyone.
Scott-You da man! Nice recovery.
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