Schenectady-Albany-Saratoga Counties

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Originally Posted by Wanabe1972

IN Corinth but im going to hold off. Im not ready. The sugarhouse is 80% the vacuum is 80% my line repairs are pretty much done other than replacing 150 drops. Im going to do the drops while tapping. My evaporator is in 100 pieces and im hoping to have that done by Friday. I have a wireless remote camera to monitor my Vacuum and tank and RO that needs to be installed. Everything is packed up in another shed and needs to come out and be cleaned and im waiting on a large order of supplies to finish everything. Im praying it gets cold again at least until the 3rd week of Feb. Wow im having chest pains!! Jeff

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Don't panic yet, long range forecast suggests you'll get plenty of opportunity - I was largely motivated by the fact we kicked our last jug of last year's syrup the week before last. If I can even make a gallon on this run I'll be feeling pretty good.

Remote wireless camera...note to self.

ADK_XJ Its a Norway Maple.

From Washington County---Cambridge area. Tapped a few days ago. Tweaked the lines. I have about 175 gallons and will boil after one more run.

Holeinthetree my family is all from Cambridge . They live off turnpike road on Brownell corners. The old farm has a nice size sugar bush on the other side of turnpike that I think gets leased out. Jeff

Adk xj what part of Saratoga are you in? I work at quad and pass quite a few buckets on the way in to work.

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Originally Posted by Wanabe1972

Adk xj what part of Saratoga are you in? I work at quad and pass quite a few buckets on the way in to work.

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I'm right down the hill (mountain, depending where you're from) from you in Corinth - we're down off Parkhurst. Lots of old farm fields with second growth maples along the stone walls around here.

Ran just a tad overnight - think we were missing this freeze that just set in so expecting to see some action tomorrow if it warms up.

I go over that way when i go to Saratoga usually Greene road and Strakos. Ive eyeballed a few plots of land in there cause its only 5 minutes from my house.

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Originally Posted by Wanabe1972

I go over that way when i go to Saratoga usually Greene road and Strakos. Ive eyeballed a few plots of land in there cause its only 5 minutes from my house.

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Nice! I do the same thing - would love to work out a tap lease with someone around here some day. A construction company owns like 1,000 acres of prime land across the roadway behind us...I always wonder about hitting them up.

There are a ton of fields over that way. Find a hedge row full of maples and stop and ask the owner. Most of the time they will let you run lines and leave them up from year to year. I have a friend that does this in Greenwich almost 400 taps all in hedge rows. Offer up a little syrup or offer them a little per tap. For years I've looked for places to tap and now people come to me. I have become more selective usually due to distance from me and access. My daughter just bought property a half mile from me and said I think there may be a few maples on it. Well if 45 to 50 mature sugars and reds are a few then by God she's got a few. Don't tell my wife but this is my summer project.