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Looks like the big run is over - for now. Although the temps stayed in the 40's last night, sap undeer vacuum stopped at around 9:00 last night and did not start up this morning. First time sap has stopped while the temps were above freezing this season. Looks like we wait until the next frreze.
I have boiled 8 out of the last 10 days and the wood pile is hurting. Sugar content has stunk - but season will probably deliver about average due to the sap sunami.
Not a drop here today either. Has to freeze thursday night and away we go again. My first boil today but am about 5 to 10 gallons short.
BIGSAPZAR UPDATE- Started today with 7000 gallons made 50 gallons of nice syrup and going to end the day with 7000 gallons. R.O. needs a real good bath. Going to try throwing everything against the wall again tomarrow and see if anything sticks. All the vaca I can take will be used up this week. Looks like some of the bushes down here are shutting down maybe. Not sure about mine it keeps on running and it doesnt look like its budding out and the syrup tastes real good. See what happens. Hope everyone is getting there fill of maple for the year. Theron
Though not much was happening Tues. night, I left the vacuum going, and Wed. am had about 300 gal from 700 taps. By this evening probably about 600 total. Buckets have finally slowed or stopped, so it feels good to bring sap home anyway, not that I'm boiling tonight. 3 or 4 nights till 4 am is getting old. So here I am at the computer at 1:30 when I should be in bed 3 hours ago, but I needed to get more drops made.
Tim
The sap has been running every day since 3/10. I even got a little bit on the 12th and 13th when the temps struggled to get above freezing. The extended forecast looks like sap weather until the end of the month. Now I know what Theron feels like and I too say BRING IT ON!
Not much going on here untill tomorrow. Never went below 40 again last night. The end of the month looks bad as they are forecasting above freezing temps at night for days at a time. Owell such is life. At least this temp should thaw out the other half of my trees not produceing sap yet.
I have a genuine SAPTASTROPHE on my hands,,tommrow will make 1/2 of my total for last year (in seven days) Got the blower working right on the evaporator-now I need to find alot more wood,,,
Parkkkkk(so much wood you could stand it back up and have a whole forest)eeer- WERE MAKIN HISTORY BROTHER, MAKIN HISTORY!!! Saptastrophe down here too. Things are looking up this morning here in Northeastern Pa. Almost cought up only 6000 gallons behind this morning and the R.O. is down. Looks like a good run day too. May hit a new record of 10,000 gallons behind, a personal best for me. Must be Ive had to do too much with too little. I think the membrane must be packed full even though Ive tried not to let that happen. Got a new one should be here this morning UPS. No prob they said they have pallets of them and overnight delivery guess Im all set. Keep up the good work. Im TRYING to pull my weight down here. I tapped in January youd think theyed slow down some time. Keep Marvin smokin! Theeeeron:lol:
Not supposed to go above freezeing today here. Quebec weather returned. But at least it froze I can hear those trees sucking sap up into those branches waiting for a warm day to pour them down into my buckets.
Finally got the sap tanks at the sugar house down to near empty. That was the good news. Tanks are full at the trees again and the wood shed is getting way down. Had to buy a couple pallets of kd pine to mix in to help stretch the rest of the wood. Also have my eye on the oak kitchen table (it's a bit to big for the room anyways!). Sugar content is still lower than I would like but need to make all the syrup I can.
Mark