Picked up 100 gal. yesterday, 140 today - Some 2 dozen moths also - earliest I have ever seen them in buckets.
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Picked up 100 gal. yesterday, 140 today - Some 2 dozen moths also - earliest I have ever seen them in buckets.
Boiled 400+ gallons Sunday. Collected another 500 gallons from Monday and Tuesday. Flowing pretty well with this weather.
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I was surprised how many moths I had flocking to my evaporator between batches. I've never had this happen before (had about a dozen).Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Van
I've seen all manner of flying insects hanging around my collection barrels and evaporator. I've also had to start pulling ticks off me after going through the woods working the tubing. Never thought I'd have to worry about ticks in January and February.
Anyone else’s trees shut down?
Nothing like it, 2 gal of syrup and the saga continues . . .
I’m out of town but the wife tells me the tanks are not filling up today.
Weather looks a bit iffy the next few days but should be good later in the week.
We need a freeze to restart the process, from the looks of the weather it's coming Friday night. Next week looks pretty good right now.
The weather for this weekend looks like a nice soild freeze with a warm up Monday and Tuesday. Should make for a nice run. But yea everything pretty much stopped the latter half of this week.
So I had about 100 gallons of sap that needed to see some heat. I think Ive got my evaporator dialed in to provide the needed heat.