Darn you guys!!!! I just looked at the forecast and I can't believe my eyes. I might have to rethink the scheduling of the basement cleanup. hahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by JDP
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Darn you guys!!!! I just looked at the forecast and I can't believe my eyes. I might have to rethink the scheduling of the basement cleanup. hahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by JDP
I thought it was going to be a cold and snow filled winter when we got all that snow back in November, but then it got warmer and warmer not much of a winter. But dry summer so let's hope for high sugar content!
We are tapping Thursday.
Looking Good
Tapped everything here yesterday. were running good too. looks like a great weekend.
Can't believe it's this time of year again , the last couple years I keep doing the same thing. Look at the forcast think it's to early. But thanks to all of u that have the bug just as bad as I do I pull out the drill and get set up. Sure my buckets will probably get cover in a foot of snow yet ,but I'm sure I'll get some sap and have some fun. Look out ready or not it's maple syrup season.
That's insane!Quote:
Originally Posted by STP92x
Tapped my first trees today. First time making syrup sap was running. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a36335b106.jpg
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Welcome to the world of making maple syrup, be careful before you know it ,u will be talking about maple syrup year round. And ohhhhhhhh the equipment, what works what doesn't how do I boil off water fastest, it never ends .
It's a addiction!! I'm stuck in limbo at 70 taps need a mini RO or bigger evaporator to expand but I could get 500 taps from my one bush and will at some point! Love it and annoy my wife all year long talking about it.
Sweet Fireguy where you from...? Firefighter?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fireguy124
I'm lucky my wife talked me into making maple syrup and now it's turned into a entire family deal , even my brother in law and his kids get right into with me as well. What a sweat hobby hahaha.
Yes I am, I'm just outside of Fergus OntarioQuote:
Originally Posted by canadian_diesel1964
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That's a great area...London FF here 26 yrs now.
My wife loves it and helps out so much with everything. But my addiction is pretty far gone compared to her.
How many taps you put in?Quote:
Originally Posted by canadian_diesel1964
By the time I'm done will be approx 40 maple and 30 or so black walnut
what you boiling on?Quote:
Originally Posted by canadian_diesel1964
Just a 16x32 hobby pan heated by 2 natural gas jet burners....
Holy Crap! 13 here Saturday and -1 at night....watch out !
Hey better then a Turkey fryer, ya I put in 54 taps today and another 20 tomorrow morning. It was -2 when tapping today and trees started to drip soon after holes were drilled.
That's awesome...I wish it were that easy for me...the cliffs and ridges and steep hills and only few trees don't make er easy...but I love the work out!
With your cliffs and ridges would you ever consider or would it work to set up gravity lines? I'm on level ground so it's not going to work for me :(
I did set up 2 gravity 3/16 set ups this year...next year i will add more for sure
Got all 70 taps in and they are running pretty good today half buckets ( 3 gal ) and over all sugar content 2.5% and had a few road side at 3-4.5%!
100 taps in and lots of plunk plunk plunks into the buckets. I'll get another 50 taps put in tomorrow and hope to fire up the stove tomorrow night. We'll out to sharpen a few chain saws chains and get some dead elm trees cut up and piled beside the evaporator. Even if it does turn cold again I'll take this early start to the season with a big smile on my face.
Collected 30ish galleons of sap my one container smelled off so I'm not dumping the sap boiling it tonight then cleaning everything again before the next collection.
Nice haul! I was at about 125 litres this morn, had to adjust a few leakers...the evap is goin now ...not sure on these really warm days AND nights coming...my shifts are 24 hours so I didn't see it all shake down. Walnuts are giving but not much yet.
First draw with about 40 gallons ruin through my evaporator. Collected 145gal since yesterday and the temp is back at 217 again! Syrup tastes amazing!
awesome!... I have some trees giving and some not...i think they are waking up or in shock?
Ya so far trees in the bush are just rocking but they are smaller and protected from the wind unlike my sap cows on the road side.
It's amazing how trees can vary greatly in the amounts of sap they produce and when. Traditionally my two best trees are slow to start but two weeks later are kicking everyone else to the curb, then towards the end drop off very sharply. Another really good tree starts strong and just keeps chugging along all season. Couple others don't do much til the last two weeks or so then kick into gear. And all this on a property of only 1/2 acre, so the terrain/precip etc are consistent for all trees. Go figure!Quote:
Originally Posted by canadian_diesel1964
I have 45 taps in a virgin bush never been tapped all sugar maples. So far they give good and avg sugar %
Yup I'm scratching my head here but it's all good...I am worried about the warm temps coming this week though ....Quote:
Originally Posted by Galena
Despite all the warm weather this week my trees haven't been flowing that we'll. I put 3 taps in on the 14th and only have 14L of sap. Anyone else noticed the sap not flowing too well?
Saturday I had good flow, Sunday it started dripping late afternoon but didnt last long. Today My taps were pretty much silent.Quote:
Originally Posted by STP92x
Sunday was the best day of the long weekend for us. Not great flow but still ended up with 430 L of sap for the long weekend. Looks like we are done for another week.
at what point do we need to worry about these trees budding on us?
What a great weekend, got my 150 taps in and have started into boiling down. 900 l of sap to deal with this will keep me busy hahaha. Many of the road side giants haven't started running, but the smaller one tap trees have figured out its time to get moving.
I don't know why today but the trees pumped out alot of sap . I didn't get 1 gallon per tap but not far from it . 150 taps net 110 -120 gallons. How are the rest of you making out ???
35 taps and 20 gallons of sap since saturday morning. Its been very slow