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Hey Brandon,
Im with Rob Harvey,...it is very interesting hearing your progress and how you are winding down as we up here are just hoping to start. I tapped another 75 today. Brook that Im climbing up and down is gurgling but Im walking straight up it on frozen ice without fear of breaking through. It got up to 34 degrees there today with a nasty south wind. I hope to have my first sap and time but none yet, just slight wet trees when I tapped today. Have about 1 ft of snow still in woods.
I greatly enjoy the pics of your footing work on your new sugarhouse. I need to do a similar thing for mine some day. Still working off pillars for a foundation and a gravel floor.
Frank
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Brandon, 70 to 75 gallons is very good concidering the low sugar content. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done.
Russ
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Russ,
Thanks! :D I collected another 100 gallon yesterday evening from the one bush on the north side I hadn't pulled yet. It has 130 to 140 taps and I left them in. Some colder weather this week, so they should run fairly good as they are on the north side and don't dry up nearly as fast. I wish all my trees were on the north side. North side trees are best in my opinion due to they stay cooler, better sap quality and run longer. Yes, I know they take longer to start, but over the years, they always run the most for me especially more so on really warm seasons like this year.
1100 gallon of sap for the week and boiled off the last 300 or so last night. We'll see what happens over the next few days. 60's to 70 the last two days and that way until Tues. The south side trees were slowing some and after this, they would have basically been finished anyway.
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Brandon it sounds like its just about time for you to get cleaned up and start thinking about turkey hunting! Rob
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Rob,
I have all but two of my tanks that are still out washed and about 280 of the 425 taps have been flushed and the 14 buckets I had in one bushed washed. I am not much in to spring turkey hunting and haven't went in years. I enjoy fall hunting a lot better. Too much going on in the spring and a little dangerous for me. :?
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Wouldn't you know it. After all this 70+ degree stuff for several days and warm days each week of the syrup season, now we are having perfect sugaring weather when the season is supposed to be about over. Got to 19 or below last night which is the first time below freezing in over a week and got to 40 and sunny today, but lots of cold wind. Supposed to get to 14 tonight and 45 and sunny tommorrow. 22 tommorrow night and low 40's and sunny Monday. Then cold until Wed or Thurs and low 40's again all the way into next week. 8O Haven't had this kind of weather in 5 weeks and now all my holes are dried up. :cry: :cry:
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sounds like it is time to set up the new area and worry about the underground tubing later.
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I pulled the taps on that sugarbush a week ago yesterday. :D
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Is there a CPR for tap holes? :lol: If not, might want to try to invent one...maybe a little sap primer injection into the dry holes :P .
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Brandon - would be curious to see if you drilled your holesfrom 5/16 to 7/16, if they would run again.
To save damage to the trees, you wouldn't have to do this to the whole bush, maybe just one on a two or three tap tree or trees that you know are especially healthy.
Last year, I undertapped some trees so after the warm spell came, I drilled another hole. Made an extra 7 or 8 gallons of syrup from just drilling a few more holes.
