That cooldown is exactly what I was hoping for...
I too am aiming for Feb 1 as the day I tap.
I'm hopeful for a good season!
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That cooldown is exactly what I was hoping for...
I too am aiming for Feb 1 as the day I tap.
I'm hopeful for a good season!
All have all my taps in by tomorrow night and all my collection tubs in place and taking sap. It ran pretty well today.
Yes, looks like a cool-off for the next five days. I'll welcome the ice in the bottom of totes and tanks.
The extended forecast has a nice freeze starting Friday night.
I'm happy to see a good freeze. Hopeful for my Feb 1ish tap date.
How are the rest of you guys doing?
Working on getting ready. Just put up a new mainline, the old one was getting yucky inside. I did not follow the “keep it dry” rule for the off seasons. Now, I have to clean out the collection tank, and string up the laterals. I am trying new ends this year. When I first installed them, I (horrors) put nails in the trees to hold the tees in place and tight. It sort of worked, but I would rather not harm the trees any more than I have to. So the new ends are supposed to go around the tree and hook onto themselves. That is this weekends project. (I’m not sure yet if this is actually something that I can/should do ahead of time or should be done as I am tapping). The pan is clean and ready. I have firewood up the wazoo. I also need to get the RO bucket assembled, shouldn’t take too long. I will pick up some store bought water as an initial rinse.
Getting there!
I also just found a hole in my roof. Yuck. In the barn where the sugaring is. Not a huge deal right now, but would like to replace the disintegrating shingles with a metal roof this spring, after mapling. For any CT people, does anyone have a personal recommendation for roofers? The pitch is roughly 45 deg. Not something I want to be climbing on myself.
Thanks!
Where are you in Ct?
North Guilford
Too far from me to help you fix that leaky roof - You could just get a polytarp stretched over it, for now if you plan to replace it anyway. Make sure it's tied off well, even run some line over it in a few places to keep the wind from getting under it -
Thanks for the thought Mike, I was also thinking of a tarp, just temporary.
Thanks!
Thanks for showing me your RO the other day. Mine is about ready to go but I fear leaky fittings.Quote:
Originally Posted by bryankloos
Difficult to gauge how tight is too tight on those fittings. I do know that I have cracked a couple of plastic fittings on jet pumps a time or two in the past. Think I might try to pre test my rig with no membranes in the canisters. Shut down valves on both waste and pure lines should get my pressure hi enough to test it??? I guess! Unless I am missing something conceptually. As I most frequently am.
I am still on target for Feb 10 - 15 ish. Could push up towards the 5th, but looking cold and glad I did not let the teaser days ( there have been quite a few ) suck me in ... so far.
Came down from the MRV in Vermont this afternoon. Plenty of snow packed into the Mountains and upper valleys now. Get on the boards and go if you can. Just got to stay out of the lodges I guess. Back Country skiers are having the mother of all blasts. Parked on top of each other at the gap trailheads. Hopefully they are not bringing sap lines down the hills with them.