Ran a little bit. Not much. Still trickling some. Fun times on the trail
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Ran a little bit. Not much. Still trickling some. Fun times on the trail
I took a short stroll in my bush today...yuck! If yours is like mine Yellzee...kudos for dragging sap through that. By this time yesterday I had 120gals, today, only 22gals...I clearly have no clue what makes sap flow. We were as high as 72.3F here today...wow...here's hoping some form of natural phenomena occurs overnight that makes sap flow again...
On the upside, I sold my first syrup today...lolz, I was so unprepared for that...;-] No questions asked at C$22.50/L...to a couple that looked like they'd bought maple syrup for 150 yrs combined...;-]
Cheers,
Russ
Russ, I couldn't even stroll to mine if I wanted to. probably 500 feet of floodwater in the way. 4 wheeler and winch earning it's keep. Wearing hip waders and probably stuck 4 times on the way to the high ground in back. Next year I have pipeline right to the house or I am not tapping! Every year I work on my trail and every spring I wreck it!!
Tonight after work I will be pulling all my stuff and getting it cleaned up, must say, this is only my 3rd year doing this and what a year this has been lol. I'm happy with the amount I ended up with considering the way the weather has been and all the other variables that were thrown in the equation this year.
From my 18 taps I ended up with 12 ltrs of finished sap, not sure what is back in the bush from yesterday as I had to work late and didn't make it into the forest, so the 13 ltrs could be a little more,but I have my doubts.
When all is said and done I will post a picture of my syrup,then it is time to start giving it to the neighbors that allow me to use their property. In the past I have given them syrup pretty much as it is done,but this year I decided to wait till I was 100 % done so I could take a few picture's of it all at once.
I am planning on changing the way I do thing's for next year , so the planning has begun( in my head, just have to make it work lol),hoping to make my little operation a bit bigger :) for next year.
Its been a slice everyone !! Thanks for all the help when I needed it this year, it is greatly appreciated, and everyone on here is top notch, great group of people if you ask me. Stay safe everyone and enjoy the rest of your year. Now i feel sad that this year is over for me :(
Ps... Big Eddy... I will still stop by sometime,whether it is sap season or not, have your # in my cell phone so I will give you a call sometime
Way to go Al, those are respectable numbers especially for this year!
There was a bit of frost on the ground this morning... Doubt anything will run but you never know!
Will run what we have tomorrow. Only have about 100usg in stock. Will decide what to do then. Think with 18 on Sunday and 21 on Monday the buds will be pretty fat.......
Got 33l yesterday, still have some keeners out there producing very well, but others are definitely slowing, it was warm last night though windy so it may have taken the temp down to around zero. No buds yet, sap nice and clear, but doubt I'll get much more over the next few days.
Once I get my hydrotherm this coming Monday I plan to test the batches of syrup I have made and see how close I am to brix. Will probably save the last gallon or so of sap for tinkering with batches if need be - and also so I can learn how to use the new toy.
As expected.... Basically zero back here. Is it bad I feel relieved?
Here is a few picture's of my sap from this year, not the best picture's but you get the jisk ,couple more jars in the freezer.
Very nice Al! Good work :-) I use the same backlit technique to show off the colours, and usually put it in 250 ml jars - larger jars hold more syrup so the colour looks darker in a 2l jar than a 250 or 500ml.
My trees are still dripping away, albeit slowing a little. #7 has dried. Got 9l of good sap yesterday.
ETA: At the local library, just found a new book called The Sugar Season: A year in the life of maple syrup, and one family's quest for the sweetest harvest. Auth is Douglas Whynott. Bio says he is in New Hampshire, wonder if he's here on MT?