Hey Al, what's up? Is the weather in your area starting to look promising?
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Hey Al, what's up? Is the weather in your area starting to look promising?
No not at all !!! Looks like the 2nd or 3rd week of march
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Yeah same for here, I'd say. Which kinda sucks cause if the season is pushed back a couple weeks, I am going to have to pull spiles before the trees are done. Hate doing that.
Cayuga Ontario 1/2 hour south of Hamilton on the shore of Lake Erie . Feb 21to Feb 24 averaging +2 or +3 during the day and -4 to -6 at night with one night staying +1 would be an awesome start but unsure how long that trend will last.
I am going to start tapping next weekend.
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Yup seems the same all around. Still pretty cold on the Bruce. I won’t be tapping for at least another 2 weeks by the looks of things. Not a bad thing for me as I enjoy the trails being open a bit later this year. Was a real crappy start for all us sled heads
Well maybe get a small run this weekend going to be +3 +7 this weekend . Just finished running another 3/16 line with 16 taps on it see what happens if it runs.:lol:
I wouldn't get your hopes up, even though the forecast shows +3 refer to the hourly forecast. Here in Southern Ontario it doesn't get to +1 until 3:00pm then back to 0 by 5 pm . Not much time to get running. But I will keep my fingers crossed for you!
Hey Dlee
Are you anywhere near Lakefield? If so, is the cheese factory still there? My grandma had a place on Chemung lake heading towards banroft. Really miss her and going up to that area.
Haven't been to lakefield in a while so not sure if its still there. I am about 45 min from there a little more to the north.Hope you enjoy your visit'
well the sap did run abit but only enough to clean the lines. The weather isn't looking promising for awhile yet just have to wait it out . Plus we
got another storm so that much more snow to try and get through oh the joys of making syrup:lol:
Well going to start tapping this weekend. Lots of snow in the bush still. should make for a fun start of the season. Not sure how many taps I will run this year.
Tapped 30 today. Sap was running instantly. Looks like it’s going to be a good week!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...b48ff31aaa.jpg
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Where are you located Fireguy? I tapped 75 trees yesterday and most of them were pouring out when drilled.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fireguy124
On a side note... I see your using the buckets like ice cream come in with drop lines... I do the same thing but bring my lines in the side so not water can get in. I also drill a small 2nd hole just under the rim to allow air in and out and that way I can snap the lid on tight.
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Hey Bruteman, I’m just south of Grandvalley. Between fergus and Orangeville. I do have some Pails drilled in the side as well. I just make sure I set them all on a slight angle so the water doesn’t run in the tube hole. I find it’s easier to dump the sap with the tube through the lid. Where are you located?
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I’m in Codrington, North of Brighton/Trenton area. I collected 145 L today. Going to boil tomorrow
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I tapped Saturday afternoon and not much running yet. 95% of my taps are in very large 4-5' diameter trees so they do not seem to be thawed out quite yet. Have approx 20 liters of sap so far from 20 taps. How is everyone else doing so far?
Hey all. I have 30 taps in so far this year and things are looking very promising for great sugaring weather. I still have trees for more taps, but I will see how these ones produce for me first. Most went in yesterday and are still waking up. I am anxious to see what the warm weather on Thursday brings. Hopefully there will be a lot of gathering required.
Best of the season to everyone.
Boiled my first 'batch' yesterday......well, if you call making one litre a batch. lol I couldn't help myself. :lol:
Wow, what a day! I collected three times today for a total of 117L. Jugs were overflowing left, right and centre! I still have more spiles to put in but these 28 sure kept me busy today! The Denali propane burner is still going and in about 45 minutes I will shut everything down for the day. I have processed 150L today!! Final finishing to syrup is for another day.:D
Hey Guys. Hope everyones syruping is going well. I had to pull all my taps due to my landlord. So if interested im selling all my taps, 15 clear bucket taps, 13 plastic buckets, approx. 20 15 litre pails with lids, approx. 20 down line 3/16 taps with line, 7 larger diameter ones. Already sold my Evaporators . plus 3 75 litre storage containers. $50 for it all, just want it gone. Removed it yesterday. Will need hosed off. Located In New Tecumseth. Thanks.
Drip................drip.......drip....drip.. dripdripdripdripdrip.:D
Doing the same where I am to Karen but its running tomorrow should be a better day fingers crossed:lol:
Things have only really started within the past week. So far I have collected 384L of sap and made 4.2L of syrup - some light and some amber. I have a backlog of both sap and nearup. Had to fill my four propane tanks at Costco this afternoon.
I tested the sap's sugar content for the first time today. My trees are averaging 2.75% and the ones I tap across the street are 3.3%. The weather is looking promising for a bumper crop of sap tomorrow and I will be boiling by mid afternoon.
At the moment I have 16 taps here and 15 across the street. I intend to install a few more taps unless these 31 start to overwhelm me. If the long term weather forecast looks less than favourable I will drill more holes. This year I resisted the urge to tap early and am glad I did.
How is everyone else doing in this area? My trees are pumping and the sap is from 2.75 - 4%. Five propane burners going so that I can make the most of my time outside today. This is what sugaring is all about. A perfect spring day. Did I mention I haven't even had breakfast yet?
Collected 200L from 40 taps this morning. It was running good yesterday in Dufferin county
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Had six inches of snow last night and got a call from my neighbour to say some of the jugs over there were overflowing. Looks like another very busy day. Have made just under 18L so far this season and am very pleased. Still haven't caught up boiling all of my sap in storage and now I am adding more.
102L today. By 11:30 pm I had all of my sap boiled down to nearup. Had four propane burners running. It's freezing out there tonight. I don't think I will ever be warm again. :o
What’s everyone’s plans with the upcoming weather? Trying to decide whether to pull taps or ride out the warm spell, looks like it might cool off again next week.
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Depends on you exact location. Can't hurt to ride it out and see what syrup you are making by the middle of next week.
I'm just west of Orangeville. It's going to be 13-15deg for sat sun mon Won't freeze again until tue night.
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I am leaving mine in Fireguy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fireguy124
Pulling my taps today
40 taps/buckets
1844L of sap
51.5 L of syrup
Sugar content was high this year.
Going to 3/16” gravity lines next year
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Anyone in central have tapping on their mind, lol?
I know I do, but unsure as it’s hard to judge with this strange weather winter...
Yes I too have tapping on my mind. I went for a hike through the bush on Saturday just to see how it looks. Keeping a close eye on the weather as well. For me the challenge is I have a trip to Europe booked from March 25-April 11 so I want to try and get as much done before that time. Last year i went to Italy for 2 weeks at the same time and I was able to get 1 run in before the trip as it stayed cold until almost the end of March and I was lucky to get 1 run in after I came back.
I tapped yesterday. I do 50 on buckets. A couple of sun facing taps were leaking sap. Thinking I might get an early run this weekend!
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I'm going to tap today 110 taps. looks like we might get a couple of days before it gets cold again.
Well I managed to get 16 taps in on Saturday mid-day. I checked them yesterday at around 4pm and there was approx 15 liters combined. I went back this morning and there was just over 40 liters so I collected that and hauled it to the house. Hopefully things start running better today and fill up all the buckets by the time I get home tonight. Would like to get a decent amount for an early season boil on the weekend. Anyone else tap as yet?
Plan to tap next Thursday- 400 taps
Parry Sound is still in a deep freeze but temps look to swing late next week- so they say
finished tapping last weekend
2366 taps
Collected 7853litres yesterday and today.
First boil sweetened pans - 10litres finished.
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