I collected 215 gal Sunday morning from Saturday's run, and another 100 gal last night from yesterday's run. Saturday's run was the best run I have ever seen.
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I collected 215 gal Sunday morning from Saturday's run, and another 100 gal last night from yesterday's run. Saturday's run was the best run I have ever seen.
I pulled about 17 gallons between, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Pretty decent off 8 taps. Looks like it starting around here...finally.
35 gallons between 1PM and 1 AM on Sat, on 15 taps, then another gallon per tap yesterday! More days like that we will be in a ….sweet spot!
Mike
So I took about 18.5 gallons of sap between Thursday and Monday and ended up with slightly over a half gallon of syrup, putting my trees around 2.4%. I noticed this morning the tree that always buds first is beginning to. I have all reds. At what sugar content should I pull the taps where it would be considered buddy? Last year I had a batch that was alittle too late, basically I got the sap mostly boiled off and tasted a slight bitterness.
BTW I tap all red maples.
Had another nice run over the last few days. Another 20 gallons of sap to boil.
Has been flowing nicely in North Stamford recently. Looking forward to boiling this weekend.
Based on the long range forecast how long do you think we still have of sap weather? Obviously long range forecasts are terribly inaccurate but just wondering what other think in this area.
Im optomistic we have atleast a week left.
I had 85 gallons to boil on Friday, less than a week of collecting. None Saturday, collected another 20 gallons yesterday. Since we froze a bit last night, I expect some more today, same tomorrow. After that it won't freeze for a few days. If the buds open, we are done, right?
gearing up for first season in Oxford, CT. hoping for 12-15 trees (have to negotiate with neighbors), in the process of constructing a re-purposed pallet sugar house, gathering buckets from local shop rite bakeries, scrounging CL for pots, pans, bricks, fire pit grates, cinder blocks, wood splitter, chain saw, and pallets. been having a ball collecting everything. Evaporator is built (55 gal drum)...have the pans and pots, need to cut the holes in the drum, but first burn was done paint is removed. hoping it gets colder (imagine that), and that my first season is as great as i imagine it. turning 50yrs old in april, and this is first season...mid life crisis? wife thinks i'm crazy, 14yr old mad it took 10 years to build a fort! hahahahaha. cant wait to get started...looking to tap mid feb. we'll see