Hop Kiln Road 2011

Hop Kiln Road 2011

Whats this about a releaser Bruce? You thinking of joining the vacuum crowd? Next thing we know you'll have an RO machine too. Good luck with the new season.

ya, when he tells M that story I would love to be a Fly on the wall!! I bet that will be a good one!LOL JimL.

Bruce, did I hear you right...I thought vacuum on trees was sacrilage. Remember, suck and squeeze.

Hey Bruce, we tapped here in Dunbarton on Monday, Tuesday, and Wensday. Tuesday through Friday we sucked out 200 gallons of sap and boiled on Saturday until the sap froze in the tank. We are using the check valve taps and are pulling 24" at the releaser. If you are interested we can set you up with a small pump. Dan & Dick

Bruce,
I get a kick out of reading your posts!!
"M" must be one special lady. Sounds like you might need to set up camp in the sugar house just in case "M" misunderstands more of the sapping lingo.
Good luck with the releaser situation.
Doug
:)

Talk about cold and frozen, I forgot to empty the 5 gallon bucket that the condensate from the steam hood drips into the other night. Now I have a 5 gallon pail shaped ice block that sticks up an inch out of the pail.

Felicity Where Art Thou?

Tapped out in their gaiters
Yes the boys are all waiters

While the snows pile higher and higher
And we await Nature’s cherished flyer

Our woodsheds are tuned all in neat ranks
Even the wee have washed their big tanks

Tubing spun in webs snug tight
By old and young a work all night

Dreaming to hope tis Felicity they snag
Even lest risk scorching a sisterly hag

So many nary draw a frosted glimpse hoary
Let alone the sought sweet kiss of their quarry

Oh down from the north she wings
The brightest of the light she brings

Cause only for a moment she tarries
As it must be with all flighty fairies

For tis back north she so nymphfully scurries
Although the forecast remains cold flurries

So sulks many a brave and hearty stoker forlorn
Her hasty flight to the sound of her mother’s horn.


(Just practicing in case there’s another poetry contest this April. Got my clock cleaned last year with the old geezer squeezer bit.)

Wow-Bruce, another great verse! We all cherish the sweet goddess, if your a true sugarmaker you dont mind this powerful curse...for days and nights long we toil in the snowey wood, wishing for full tanks to boil and a bulk price that is better than good,,all of our savings spent on pumps, tanks, and new mainline, BUT, in our minds eye that vision of 40 full barrels is just so fine.. AAHHHH,, Pretty rusty,,think I need a few 12-16 hour boiling sessions to sharpen up a littel.....Gotta hit the woods,,,GOOD LUCK!!!

At 8AM it is 24 and rising here but there is no sun yet. We need the fog to burn off quick so that things can get thawed out. It's going to take awhile because of how cold it got last night to get things flowing.