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I'm located in North Bay (3.5 north of Toronto) and we've had one good weekend run so far. This week looks like good weather to get things runing again. Between the deep freeze last week and the remaining 12-16 inches of snow, it's been a slow start this year.
Anyone else getting the itch to tap? Forecast looks promising but i don't want to jump the gun either.
sure looking like it...man I'm not ready! Could be a pre tap of 10 days coming up....wouldnt want to miss a free bee like that
Starting tomorrow.
Time to start Tapping?? Temps all next week look real good. Best of luck to all this season.
Let the sap start flowing at 3% and run til May! lol
Better call the Brewers Retail and send out the truck!
Well im all tapped. Only 50 my work schedules this year is very heavy. I wish i could have more! They were dripping pretty good too. Tested about 10 trees and they ranged from 3-4% sugar which seems high for this early but hey ill take it!!
I tapped this afternoon. 20 bags. About half of them were flowing well.
Hi Folks - So there is some boiling going on in my area.. Elmira, KW, Guelph vicinity... Abnormally early for this area... I'm sure there's more winter to come but having a little thaw right now. Forecast looks good for sap temps for the next week or 2... Talked to a fella at the supply shop yesterday and he said the sap is running at only about 2%... I normally do some buckets and some 3/16" Going to throw the buckets up this week.... not sure about the tubing... Any thoughts on having trees tapped before a 2 or 3 week freeze? any detriment to having them tapped too early?
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Looked at the weather Network forecast this morning. Depressing. No freeze for nearly a week. Thought last night would freeze, but the blasted clouds kept it from doing that.
Finished 6L on the stove Friday night after 11 hours on the barrel evaporator on Wednesday from 300L of sap. Used the RO Tuesday to prepare for boiling. Reduced the sap by 50-70%. Using bottles this year instead of mason jars. I tapped twice as many this year, so I expect to run out of bottles and go back to mason jars later in the year. The bottles are a little more finicky to fill, but should be easier to pour out of when we use the syrup.
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