thought I would open a thread for everyone to post as I havent herd from the ashtabula county guys yet. let us know what is going on out their.
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thought I would open a thread for everyone to post as I havent herd from the ashtabula county guys yet. let us know what is going on out their.
off to start the vacster today . I see my puddles are froze over, may get a micro run?
Most of my taps are pretty dry, cold weather coming though. I'll boil down the 250 gallons remaining in the tank.
Ive got 95 gallons to boil off, nothing much since Wed - pulled 40 gallons in. Total syrup is only 5+ gallons..
I too hope the cold snap gets things moving - but me thinks the wind tomorrow will not help at all. Sure hope I get more than two weeks worth this year
Up until a couple of days ago we have had a real good season. 53 gallons of mostly light amber and now some medium. 275 taps mostly on aluminum buckets. Trees have shut off since yesterday but hopefully this weekend's cold spell will help recharge the trees. We have boiled 17 times since we tapped Feb 4th and 5th.
1800 gallons of sap so far, on 226 taps. 30 gallons of syrup filtered and packed, fingers crossed for another freeze.
about 200 gal sap in the tank so far today. i'll let it run all night before the freeze up tomorrow should get some more with the cold front coming. cleaned up evaporator again today glad i did the scale was enough to burn my syrup pan in a tiny spot , just had it sparkling on monday cant believe it gunked up so fast.
75 gal so far most light, just started medium this week.
boiled 300 gal of sap today. made just over 5 gal med. cold and noisy in the shack with all the wind. 80 gal so far.
also boiled today, 80 gallons and made 2 gallons of - still nice light and light syrup. Total after today is 7½ gal. Hope the cold tonight and tomorrow with a warm up Mon slows the buds down and maybe starts the sap back up. Hope every one faired ok today in the south with all the tornados and weather moving thrugh.
One crazy mixed up year for sure.
Put in 25 more taps today on tubing to bring me to 300. They were running great but the other 275 not much at all. Hopefully a nice freeze tonight.