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We gathered 85 gallons today, twice as much as yesterday, but still not as much as we should be getting with way the temperatures have been. It must be all the snow in the bush, still 8-16 inches most places and using the ski-doos to gather. I also think it may be the slight northwest wind we've had the past few days, it really cools the branch tips way up high. Anyone else experiencing the same thing or want to offer up your theories on the strange season?
Took off 51 litres yesterday for a total of 461. Around 800 gallons to boil today.
2nd night it hasn't froze. Hoping Environment Canada's forecast for tonight is right. Calling for -4. Trees just got thawed out again.
Starting to hear peepers out in the fields.
Extended weather not looking so good. Rain for Monday. The year of rain systems that have us at around 16 non freezing nights in March..
Going to take me the next day or two to get caught up anyways....
wood pile disappearing rapidly... the hemlock slab wood I got from a nearby sawmill sure has the sap boiling.
Wondering how the sap was running today. Been sitting at +8 C (46 F for our Amerifriends) for the last 3-4 hours. Winds from the North / NorthWest have picked up and the pressure is dropping.
Suppose to get just below freezing tonight, high of +10 tomorrow. Not sure if this will be enough to recharge the trees though. Sunday looks ideal - hope it runs like hell!
Needless to say, I'll be boiling all weekend.
Thought it would be a slow day today,but those new Leader check valves had other ideas.Neighbour dropped by to see how they performed,we have them in half the bush,whole bush will be on them next year,now if only we had the wood.800 liters so far from 975 taps(some buckets),we can maybe make another 100-125 liters and wood is gone!
Woohoo! Finished what I had in the pans and it was the darkest I've made this year. 51 litres. Started fresh and am making amber. Just what I was hoping for. Made 34 litres yesterday for a total of 495.
We gathered the trees that we gathered Wednesday. Even without a freeze and 2 days running there were some overflowing buckets. If we could of had a freeze, I think we would of had BIGSAP.
Well, it got to -1 last night. The ground feels pretty hard out there this morning. Will I get BIGSAP today? I sure hope so!
runnin good this morning here, we had about -2 at my place. ABout 65 gallons by 1pm. getting pretty behind... talk of a new evap for next year seems to far off at this point.
Gathered 42 gallons today and 40 yesterday. Tomorrow could be the biggest run of the year; -6 tonight and up to 12 tomorrow according to Environment Canada. Just wondering how many gallons Ennis Maples has pumped out with that new Force 5, after the "sap tsunami" of the past few days.
I guess it didn't freeze good enough last night. Taps only ran a little bit. They trees are just itchin to run big if they could only get a freeze.
Took off 39 litres of amber for a total of 534.
Got 700 gallons to boil tomorrow.
I'm not very optimistic about our weather anymore. They can predict the highs, but not the lows. And more friggin rain. They got 4 days out of 6 with rain!
Didn't freeze hard enough here niether last night. Has anyone noticed the poor yeild this year? I am tapping sugar hard maples and getting 50-1 or even less. Hard on the dry woodpile.