I believe it's the rule of 88.1 (or something like that). Dr Tim has posted about this revised "rule" in recent years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Swingpure
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I believe it's the rule of 88.1 (or something like that). Dr Tim has posted about this revised "rule" in recent years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Swingpure
Yes, I stand totally corrected it's the new rule of 88.2
Thanks for getting me into to the new times
Hey. We've all been there. Especially with the excitement of new and improved or expanded operation. I find that I am burning much less wood than before for the amount of syrup that I make. I think my sap is coming out of the trees at 65% compared to the wood I use. Would be nice. Wood be not nice when I have to cut and split it all. Here is a little video that I just uploaded. I had a few doubters about my claim of 40 gallons an hour with no wood :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Vjrtk9DXA
Wow, great video, amazing how that all works off of vegetable oil. I am very envious of your boil rate.Quote:
Originally Posted by 4Walls
Boiled 89 gallons yesterday and bottled 11.5 L this morning. It was almost as light as the first batch. I am real pleased with the colour over the nine batches so far.
I am boiling batch 10 today. Just 37 gallons so I can finish before the rain storm hits.
I have buried 48 gallons under snow. I will boil that, plus whatever I collect this afternoon, tomorrow. Then there will a pause for a couple of days because of warm weather.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0718...ccykGu8rsDRJaQ
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0c5o...CNf1Ld2HMY8b1Q
Edit: I finished the 37 gallons and made 5.75 L
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a2W...VkDscK9geap3uA
Not exactly sure what happened yesterday. Wasn't expecting much sap. My 1200L cubie was overflowing at the end of the day and the other one had 850L. Beautiful clear sap. Will be a long day in the sugar shack today.
Just 53 gallons yesterday and four today. I am boiling the 72 gallons I have left on hand.
Should be more flow in the weekend. Tuesday might be my last boil. Not sure how good the sap will be after that.
I am at almost 64% expected sap. That calculation is based on the number of taps I have. I have many double tapped trees. If the new recommendations come out that double taps offer little extra value, I could reduce my tap count by close to 20 and that would change my expected sap calculation.
In our immediate area, the local sugar makers have said it has been a very slow year and one group has already called it a year.
I finished the 72 gallons I boiled today and made 9.375 L.
The colour is lighter than it looks in the picture. The colour has been pretty consistent throughout the 11 batches.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a8E...tUZ1WFsBblgLlQ
I collected what little sap that was in my barrels and pails (13 gallons) and buried the sap (in pails) in a big snow bank.
There should be some flow this weekend and next, but I am not sure how good the sap will be next weekend. Next boil will be Sunday.
So far I have had 11 batches. I am now out of the bottles that I take group pictures with.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/059P...InZpXM_aQGsAXw
My labels for my syrup bottles arrived today. They might look familiar. As I am not selling my syrup, they are just to identify that the syrup came from me.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/06cy...f9YamrfcmpyW_Q
My wife will be putting them on the bottles and jars, apparently I have difficulty putting things on straight.