Tapping in Ontario

Gathered in the rain today. The last of the buckets I hung on Monday ran pretty good, but later yesterday. There were a few overflowing ones.

Got 200 IMP gals. from them and got 140 from the lines out of the swamp tank.

Tomorrow morning will gather the rest of the buckets and then boil.

Figure I have 1100 + taps on buckets. Will have 700 taps on line when I get them done. About 125 to do.

I hate sappin in the rain.

My brother's boss has made 30 litres so far from about 200 taps.

Somebody's shanty burnt down in Fisherville this week. Brand new shanty and equipment I guess. The guy went home for lunch and left it boiling. The evaporator runs on Natural Gas. Somebody knocked on his house door and said they thought he had a problem in the bush. She was really goin and she burnt right to the ground.

Finished tapping yesterday in heavy rain. 375 on tubing and 289 on buckets. More work to finish on our new lines and get my vacuum pump oiler dripping as they seem to keep clogging. Thanks fellow traders for all the posts re tubing and vacuum.
Ian

Just finishing up tappping still no significant runs by this time last year we had made 20 gallons probally 1 1/2 behind in this part of Ontario

my sap collector tells me that there was only about 15 gallons back there about 5pm but that it was really running well. Things may finally be thawing out! (don't really have a sap collector but not around today so had someone check it for me!)

we're still running just 50 or buckets and bags and we still have ice discs in the bucket in the garage from a week ago.
There was some running today but all in all we're only up to about 50 gallons. I was hoping to get a tote full to clean the RO.

Soon cum boss.

I'll be tapping in Friday after work - half way between Ottawa & Montreal.

It appears to have started a bit here - just east of Brent - near King City. I took in about 200L today and it was still running. Looks like a boil over the weekend. 5 more taps to put in tomorrow, with the kids.

Steve.

Gathered a good 300gal today, and sweetened the pans:) Even got to draw off a couple of gallons of light at the end of the day. Sap was still running this evening so I am hoping for at least a couple of hundred gallons tomorrow.

Nick

Dad was fighting water in the basement so I had to gather by myself. Brought in 830 Imp. gals. today. Drew one load out of the line tank.

Started boiling just before seven. Stoked it for the last at 10. Boiled my feeder tank of 300 gals.

Still have 2 - 3 hundred gals in buckets and a couple hundred in line tank.

Hoping to tap this weekend in Grey County. Haven't had much of a temperature gradient for any sustained period of time.