Southwestern Ontario

I checked it last night... reading 2.4... (2.7 from a few road side trees.) Had another 150L in the tote last night.... Not bad, I guess, considering it didn't freeze at night.. My little 12v vac pump will still be running all night as it didn't freeze again... Calling for -5 tonight.
Lots of rain this morning.. Creeks are coming up quick. This will make for a muddy mess hauling sap around the bush. Insane hobby...

Just looking back at last years temperatures, out of curiosity... On this day, 2019 we had just our first positive temperature day... coming out of a deep freeze.... The season was just starting... (Although there was a short teaser back in February as well)

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most of are trees are on road sides or fence rows and still had snow packed all around the base of the trees . Looks like the rain today has fixed that problem. Fingers crossed with a good rain and some nice looking sap weather coming up for the next week we might get a couple good gusher days . I did finally get to fire up my 3x 400gpd ro unit I made up and have to say I’m impressed 10 hour run time and push out almost 300 l of water from what sap we had.

I had one of my better days yesterday with 250 L.... and this after a previous warm day and night... Starting to wonder about this freeze-thaw theory??

Finally a good freeze. First good one for me since Friday March 6. Had a small freeze on Tuesday the 10th with a very small run. Very light morning freeze on the 14th resulting in nothing and a light freeze on the 15th. Frustrating year. Lots of rain and too warm. More rain to come 4 days this week. Next freeze is Tuesday and then again Friday. Hopefully the trees still wanna run.

Not seeing much in my bush this season but was starting to drip by around 12-1 this afternoon. Been a slow year so far for me at least.

Unfortunately I don't keep very good records from year to year for comparisons.... and I keep changing things up... But I think I have about the same sap now, as I did all last season, but with 65% more taps... Forecast shows some freezing nights over the coming weekend... but that.s about it for the year, I think ?? Hope you get another good run yet..

Just received a text from my Dad, checking our sap-tote.... Best day so far, for us, by far.. 600L since I was there at 6pm yesterday.... on 165 taps...

Disappointing run on Monday. Thought it was a good freeze. Was freezing around dark on Sunday. Was -4 Monday morning. Friend said that it was only -1 at 4:30 when he went to work. Maybe that was why it didn't run much. Got to at least +8. My good shanty, drinking bucket tree only ran 5 inches in a 13 litre blue bucket and that was by Tuesday morning. Definitely some trees or certain sides of trees have slowed way down. Oldest buckets were 20 days old and newest 9. Didn't matter where in the bush you were. All new 5/16 blue eco spiles and new 5/16 Lapierre clear straight disposable spiles which I use on lines and buckets. Also new Embee 7/16 to 5/16 reducer spiles I use on drop lines into buckets.

I let everything run over night and gathered Tuesday. +13 tomorrow and +16 on Friday. Oh joy!

Finally got caught up boiling Thursday night, collected a bit yesterday, almost nothing today. Tomorrow looks like another dry day, but next week looks ok, maybe a few days the following week as well.


2x6 Waterloo pan on an antique Piette & Fils arch

2019 - 60 buckets, 85L of syrup, 2x4 pan outside
2020 - 100 buckets, 80L of syrup, 2x6 pan in a Redi Rack Shack
2021 - proper sugar shack and and RO maybe...

So what are the rest of you folks up to? Anyone shut down? Anyone still collecting?
I boiled up pretty much everything I had for sap on the weekend. Approx 500L in the bush yet.... Sap might run again this afternoon... and tomorrow?? but according to the forecast, that about it for night freezing, here...