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We had all that rain that totally soaked the ground and then wind. After that I went for a walk and found a lot of downed trees also. So far just cedars no good trees.
Can see just how many deer I have now with the new snow. My yard is full of tracks let alone the woods.
Thats actually good becasue the deer seem to make paths where I need to go to get to all the maples in the spring.
Well the snow let up overnight and we lucked out somewhat. Just flurries today but I still got 2 feet yesterday. Whitetail you can have all the snow you want but you gotta come get it. Im to busy plowing to bring some up. Again this year we had warm weather then like someone turned of the switch, cold and snow. So the ground did not freeze and since we have the snow pack now it won't. So good news is I don't have to wait for the ground to thaw for sap bad news is it is gonna be another muddy spring.
walked the lines in the woods on thursday before things froze up- only have one section that has some chainsaw work to get a big pine top off it. Finished the RO room insulating today. Still lots of plumbing to do there- but need to figure my tanks out first.
hope to get floor of old woodshed poured into a slab before we get into full on winter- then will wait till spring to frame up the walls and shelves for the kitchen/canning area.
got four beer kegs on Monday- two 15.5 gal and two 7.5 gals. to tweek for syrup. getting closer...
Its cold here. 9 degrees when i got up. headed in to town to get a heater for sugar house. try to get some drops made.
Weather is great! We did get about 12 inches of snow since Friday morning. I just stopped back in to the house from deer hunting this A.M. And will go back out for several hours to finish the 2009 gun season in PA. Looking forward to Muzzelloader hunting after Christmas too.
Still have hoods and WRU to work on over the holidays!
Regards,
Chris C.
If there is a secret to closeing off that hole in the bottom and putting some kind of tap in it let me know. So far looks like i weld the hold over and tap some kind of spout to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tuckermtn
2009 PA rifle season is in the books! I saw two little rack bucks today and a streak of a deer at 4:50 that never stopped running full bore across the field and wood lot to the east of our stand. Strange? They usually sprint and stop, not this one! Maybe getting some different genes:)
Worked for a couple hours with Keith on his small hood. Have it about 80% stitched together with SST pop rivets. Looks pretty good. Need to get the corners adjusted and will need to have some one TIG them for sealing the drip edge on the inside.
Work on the WRU is at a standstill until I get these hoods out of the shop.
May have some time over Christmas break if I am not deer hunting every day:)
Looking forward to going to Marionville next weekend to see syrup made from water on that new Force 5 ! Hope Dave has done some fall tapping too, so that we can get a taste of fall syrup.
Speaking of: haven't heard much about fall syrup production figures on here lately? Folks probably to busy boiling to post?
Regards,
Chris C.
Well 3rdgen, glad it was you and not us for this "lake effect event"! Do you know how much Redfield got? I heard they were up to 3' yesterday. We only ended up with a couple inches, then a few miles north 12". Gotta love lake effect!
Tim
Sapman they probably got close to 3 feet but it was powdery snow and the snow settle quite a bit so I bet they are at a foot and a half snowpack. My 2 feet here settled down to a foot by the end of today. Calling for rain on sunday so it will be less by end of day sunday.
well heres the update on the 5 trees i tapped this fall, Sap ran when i drilled them and for the rest of that week got around maybe 1/4 gallon of sap And from them on I Didnt get anything it was either to warm or to cold and the Daily levels of right now Are 0 fall tapping is officaly OVER!