Originally Posted by
berkshires
That is too bad. Yeah, it got really warm for a while. I don't have heavy equipment or snowmobiles or anything to move sap around (just my arms), but once or twice I did worry about my car going into the mud and not coming back out again!
Just finished making a ton of maple nuts and maple popcorn to share with family at the holiday this weekend. That just about used up the last of the 2021 syrup.
Also did my last "bottling" of syrup. I put "bottling" in quotes because this is the batch I get from harvesting all the dregs from the season, plus what I get from running hot water through the filter on my last real bottling. I don't filter it or hot-pack it. I just leave it in the fridge and let it settle on its own for a few weeks. It got me another two quarts of syrup, which I save for personal consumption. So that brings my final tally for the season to 752 oz, or just under 5.9 gallons. I am very happy with that.
Hope you all have a great off-season, and hope to see you in ten months!
Gabe