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no freeze last night so only picked up 90 gallons of sap. Between what I gathered last night and today, I made another 8 gallons of fancy.
3-7 sweetened the pans
3-8 6 gal fancy
3-10 4 gal fancy
3-12 11 gal fancy
3-13 8 gal fancy
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total 29 gal
well I didn't even check my taps yesterday but I suppose I go gather everything this afternoon and boil, if necessary before the big freeze up. If the weathermen are right it looks too cold for the next week for sap flow.
drove around and dumped the few gallons of sap that ran in the last 48 hours.
Surprisingly, there were a few buckets that were over half full, though most had less than a pint of yellow sap.
Day 13 without any appreciable sap. Walked the lines yesterday and repaired a few lines that would have run on the ground. Two laterals were pulled out from a falling dead tree, one squirrel bite and a couple 5/16" adapters had popped off. There would have been 25-30 taps running on the ground, so the effort was worth it.
I may get some sap today but rather than wait for sap, I'm going skiing!
Hoping that when the warmup happens, we will still have sugaring weather. With a little luck I could still have a decent season. I used to say I made more syrup in APril than March, though the last few years have been mostly march runs.
Sitting on 29 gallons of Fancy and hoping for 110 gal.
Should finally break this week. We are in for a long month of April. Good luck down there.
(monday nite midnite:) Okay, we're finally getting some sap again. Picked up a full 425 gal at 7 PM and left 100 gal in the tank and it was stll running.
Made 10 more gal of nice light fancy. Still a buttery taste to the syrup. Good flavor but different from other years.
To recap 2013 so far,
3-7 sweetened the pans
3-8 6 gal fancy
3-10 4 gal fancy
3-12 11 gal fancy
3-25 10 gal fancy
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total = 39 gal (average year = 110 gal)
Did a quick sap check and the Sap ran quite a bit overnight and the spout-icicles on the buckets are dripping like crazy. Looks like it may run some today despite the not-quite-cold-enough freeze last night. Looks like afternoon boil today.
Made another 12 gallons yesterday (tues) and I'm now at last year's total of 51 gal. We're at 26 degrees at 4 AM and still headed down so looks line more sap. Still really lite fancy!
3-7 sweetened the pans
3-8 6 gal fancy
3-10 4 gal fancy
3-12 11 gal fancy
3-25 10 gal fancy
3-26 12 gal fancy
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total = 51 gal (average year = 110 gal)
Boiled up another 300 gallons thins morning, up to 57 gal total. (>50 % crop) Good, hard freeze last night, temps just hit 40 and sap is starting to drop. I predict a good run today! Bring it on.
What a difference 3 days makes! Went from 29 gallons to 67 gallons, almost 2/3 crop! Still very light fancy. Grade dropped slightly at the beginning of the boil but bounced back to very light after a couple take-offs.
3-7 sweetened the pans
3-8 6 gal fancy
3-10 4 gal fancy
3-12 11 gal fancy
3-25 10 gal fancy
3-26 12 gal fancy
3-27 16 gal fancy
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total = 67 gal (average year = 110 gal)