Based on last year's weather, I thought I would tap on Jan. 15. However, 18" of snow and growing and the cold outlook makes me think maybe Feb. 1 instead.
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Based on last year's weather, I thought I would tap on Jan. 15. However, 18" of snow and growing and the cold outlook makes me think maybe Feb. 1 instead.
yea sure doesnt look like there will be too early of a season this year! im glad i got most of my woods work done already as this snow would be a real pain to get around in the woods with
I'm thinking of going out this weekend and start breaking some trails to my trees. Tough walking thru 20+ inches.
I'm planning on the beginning of February as well.
yea tommorow i plan to try and plow out the access road up the hill to my taps in the back part of our property. bought some snow shoes today for 35 bucks from ocean state job lot, tried them out when i got home and not sure if i need a diet,bigger snow shoes or different snow, i seemed to sink in about 8 inches into the 2ft of snow, sure made them hard to walk with or maybe its just my snowshoe skills or lack of that need adjustment!
That's funny Marc.:lol:
Me too. I went out and walked to the trees I'm tapping and it was a real workout. I'm planning on "conditioning" from now until Sap Season. I'm going to walk out there daily. Then in a couple of weeks I plan carry some 5 gal pails partially filled so you guys won't read about me in the obituary during the season.
yea not fun trying to walk in all this snow, and i still have to put up about 1/2 doz gravity runs. hoping the weather guessers are wrong about this weeks storms, although a bit of rain could be good to reduce the snow some but bad if it crusts up on top, or we get a bunch of ice. either way it doesn't look like any jan. thaw in the near future, hoping this season is a repeat of the stellar yr we had 2 yrs back, production wise.
I'm targeting feb 15. Right now I have between 12 and 42" of snow depending on where I am in the woods (all fluffy). Most is from 12-18" Tomorrow afternoon it calls for a few hours of rain. That should settle the light fluff we have.
I do hate the snow - :evil: But, on the brite side, it might make for a better season than we all had last year.
Well after Wednesday evenings storm (another 15-17" for my area) I went out to Ocean State Job Lot and bought a pair of xxl snowshoes. 10"x32" They claim to hold up to 280 pounder. With me coming in at 215 lbs or so I'm hoping they'll hold me.
This is going to be an interesting season.
valleyman how much did you pay for those snowshoes? i'm thinking i'm going to buy some for collecting/tapping my bucket trees. gathering is going to be tough unless some of this snow melts, its getting almost too deep to drive the tractors out w/ out getting stuck.