Any update from you southerners? I plan on tapping 57 trees tomorrow. Thinking its going to be ideal.
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Any update from you southerners? I plan on tapping 57 trees tomorrow. Thinking its going to be ideal.
We put 62 taps in at Bronte Creek on Friday. Som sap but not a lot on Saturday, collected about 1/2 gal per tap on Sunday. Expecting lots this afternoon!
I tapped my 57 as planned and all but 5 trees showed signs of life. I’m in Halton as well and couldn’t believe how much snow was still in the bush. It’s still **** cold! By the time I finished (4ish) all the sap that had dropped into the buckets was already frozen
Let my spiles soak for exactly 24 hours. There were maybe 10 pails that had absolutely nothing and on my larger trees one side would have sap and the other bone dry.
Exactly 20 litres harvested at an average of 2.5% sugar! I’ve been reading some big numbers on here this year and at 2.5% that’s huge for me! My running average is 1.6% with last year being 1.3%.
Hey Trapper. So look what the cat dragged in, I'm finally here. I've told everyone that I am off the clock and don't ask me to do anything until May. It's sugaring time and I am off the hamster wheel until the sap dries up. Bring on the 2019 sugaring season!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trapper2
Glad to see you have your priorities in order Karen.
I’ve got around the 60 taps in so far. Some pretty good running today but slowed as dark hit so am sure to see the water gates open with tomorrow’s high temps. I have run 40 of the taps directly to the shack and had some pretty good natural gravity going on today I think. Looking forward to not having to collect from that part of my bush as it’s not an easy job. All this snow makes it even harder. I can see myself one day running everything back to the shack.
Tapped 20 trees on Friday afternoon. Just a couple were actually dripping. A few bags blew off the trees during Sunday winds. Today I see some of the bags have a few litres in them but hasn't really started to flow yet. Expecting the next few days to be good. Still a lot of snow on the ground.
Well appears I was a little overly optimistic! Sap ran today but was not great, collected maybe 30 gal. On the positive side it's supposed to be warmer tomorrow and I should get up over the 100gal mark so should finally be able to start the evaporator either Friday or Saturday. On the negative side they have appeared to lower the temp forecasts for the weekend!
Why not start a boil. First of 2019. Lots more to come I hope. Attachment 19691
Attachment 19692 I have always had trouble sending pics.?????