All tapped. Still froze up.
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All tapped. Still froze up.
Tapping today here in Hayward, WI Let the season begin
That darn snow is still so deep in the woods here in Barnes. I have two 500+' of sap lines to wrangle in the woods to get my trees tapped. I'm hoping for a good thaw this week, and maybe finally tapping next weekend with help.
I'm heading out to tap today as soon as I can get the kid moving! He's not as excited about it as me for some reason.
Saturday tapped 100.
Yes snow is deep.
Checked buckets this morning and most
all had sap. Few buckets were actually 1/3 to half full.
Most had 1-2 inches in bucket. I should be boiling later
This week.
Not tapping til next weekend. Way to much snow out there. Tapped a few today and all were dry.
I packed down trails with snowshoes a couple days ago, tapped today.
Most trees were runnng this afternoon, looks like a good week ahead.
There is a lot of snow in the woods, gathering is going to be a challenge.
The evaporator and sugar House is ready to go, looking forward to a good season!
I made some paths with snowshoes and am all tapped as of this afternoon. Trees are a mix of still frozen, wet, and some flow. A few trees had about 1" of sap in the bag from the past 24 hours.
I tapped 27 out of 50 yesterday ... until the heel strap on my snowshoe broke. Actually, it broke on tree 24 ... and I did the last three without. Still over the knee in spots (Hayward). Most trees running before the spiles were in. Bags this AM looked to have about 2" in them. I'm holding off on the last 23 until this snow goes down some!
Finished tapping the rest of our bags today. Snow's still deep. Tap holes were all wet, some running good already. Looks like it's "game on." Not looking forward to hauling buckets through all that snow though.