Town meeting day today. The sun is shining and it is supposed to hit 28 here in Northfield. The sugar house and everything else is ready to go. Vote and then today is my day to tap!
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Town meeting day today. The sun is shining and it is supposed to hit 28 here in Northfield. The sugar house and everything else is ready to go. Vote and then today is my day to tap!
Perfect! That is the way it should be....
I am done tapping. I just looked at the new 30 forecast and VERMONT BIG SAP will start next week.:)
Spud
Going to start tapping on Thursday.
Looks like the season should kick off next week. Might take an extra day or so to thaw out our trees.
Best of luck to everyone.
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Originally Posted by spud
The old adage seems to be right this year! Ill triple check the extended forecast but, will likely tap this weekend. Good Luck all!Quote:
Originally Posted by Geroldn
In the last week I have single handedly run 3500 ft of laterals, installed 62 saddles on 1100 ft of mainline on snowshoes on the side of Dutch Hill. Tomorrow I hook up a few more laterals to saddles, and start putting in drops and tapping on somewhere around 200-225 taps I think. Easy walking in my tracks now after trail blazing.....
No problem to be ready for what the forecast shows. Sunny and 40ish on Tues, Wed, Thur after mid 30's on Monday.
Will my new electric releaser/vacuum system in a box work in practice after a good test in the basement? Will I get my extended evaporator completed in one day as I plan?
Will the forecast be true?
KDon't worry. No pressure.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleBrookMaple
Turned the vac on yesterday to test the new releaser and make sure all is well and the 150 or so I have plugged in barely ran. Some of the smaller trees were giving up a little sap, but nothing too impressive. But, the new releaser is working well and I was able to leak check one section and get the vac. to 26.5 with a couple leaks still to fix.
Now it is really go time! Looks like next week we are in for a major weather pattern change and we are going to get blasted with some warm air. Let's hope not too warm, but it is time to get ready!
big sap coming