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Was looking at tapping last Sunday but decided not to. We are going to run 50 buckets this year so really it will only take a few hours one morning to get them all hung.
Other than this coming Saturday, all daytime highs are predicted to be in the -*C until essentially the 14th. I'll make my decision Friday.
Good luck to everyone this season.
Drew.
i was thinking of tapping a few trees this weekend hoping to get some sap to start boiling down next weekend. the weather looks pretty good right now i hope it stays that way
9 taps in 2009
101 taps in 2010
10 x 20 shack
2x4 pan on a homemade evaporator (oil tank)
2002 polaris magnum 325
Ok well I have not tapped a thing yet...has anyone tapped yet? I keep looking at the longrange and nothin?
I got 400 in last weekend and we'll get the rest done this weekend. I can't risk missing the start because our volunteer help is only available on weekends. Wheelers got enough taps in to get some sap during the thaw 2 weeks ago. Not sure how much syrup they made - with their 3 evaporators in series it takes a lot of sap to sweeten the pans!
Thinking about tapping every day,then temps like this morning change that .It was -16 F here this morning!!!!
Tapping tomorrow, maple flu... looks like a few decent days in the next week.
I am tapping everything on Saturday, buckets and all. I can't wait any longer. too many volunteers
Put out 34 today and maybe more tomorrow if it's not to wet.
Hello everyone! I got 40 taps in yesterday and another 15 today. Today was a little slow, as I had my 3 year old son in tow with me. I think we spent more time looking at deer and turkey tracks then we did tapping trees! Still lots of fun! Anyway of the 40 taps I got in yesterday, all but 5 holes were wet and running a little. Today only a couple of the trees had wet holes. One of the five silver maples gave me 1.5 gal of sap yesterday. The sun shine sure does make a huge difference because it was only -4 C (24.8 F) here yesterday. I am going to try to get the rest of the buckets up this weekend.
More cruddy weather coming. Could get 2 inches of rain and some freezing rain this weekend. And it looks like 2 nights it isn't going to freeze.
Got a good thousand in so far.