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Thought we would get somewhat of a little something today but with the clouds and then the wind nothing. Some started to open up where the sun was beating on the trees but nothing to get jumping up and down about and looks like tomorrow no better, then they are watching snowstorms that may hit us and more cold I am getting somewhat nervous about the 165 buckets that are out and have been tapped since the 19th of last month and the 200 and something pipeline that is tapped also. Even thou when we had those two weekend days that were warm and stuff started to open up and to sum it up, a lot of pacing around and feeding the home wood stove and knowing others are in the same position. Looks like one of those of fashion winters this year, go figure, that is what mother nature is all about. So Al Gore how does that work!:lol:

I'm in the same boat Shawn! It aint pretty. Had lots of family that wanted to come over tomorrow. They all thought it was running today, but mother nature has other ideas!!!

disappointing run in Andover today as well...

Here in central Ohio our weather has been perfect, but the ground is still frozen hard and the flow has really been slow to start. I've had 3-5% of my trees do 2 gallons a day once or twice, but most of the rest are doing a pint today.

I had temps of 52 here in Merrimack and bright sun almost all afternoon...most of my buckets barely had a teaspoon of sap in them...they were slowly waking up as the day went on. Unfortunately tomorrow we will be cooler again and I didn't get anything to boil........ disappointed!!!!!!

not much in East Kingston either. got about 100 gallons not enough to do anything yet!!!

Tapped my 34 trees on tubing yesterday (a couple were dripping) and 30 on buckets today. Several that were getting lot of sun were dripping well, but most we're not. Had been hoping I'd be boiling tomorrow but it looks like that isn't going to happen.

Same here. Only tapped 25 trees so far so I could try my new vacuum pump and wasn't impressed at all. Only 2 gallons maybe?

Same here, very disappointing day. When I first got up the sun was shining and it was warming up nicely. The sun disappeared behind the clouds for the rest of the morning and didn't see any wet taps until after 11:00. While the sun was out the sap started to flow pretty good but by 3:00 the clouds were back, the wind picked up and the sap slowed way down.

Hey all, first time tapper here, just wanted to chime in. I tapped mine yesterday around 10:30, pulled out about 2 gallons from 3 taps in 6 hours. Had about 1 gallon from the other 6 taps combined but just left the setups in. Maybe its warmer in Manch Vegas.

By the way, this site is fantastic. I've gotten pretty much everything I need from one person or another's posts, so thanks for everything.

Im in Deerfield NH, and I got 2.5 gallons of sap off 8 taps yesterday. I got about 1/2 a gallon on Friday. Hopefully I'll get another half gallon today so I can boil it down to a gallon. I like to to boil down 4 to 1 until I have enough to make a half gallon of syrup.

In Central NY we barely got any flow yesterday. I ran the pumps for about 2 hrs and the releaser only dumped 2x in my bigger bush (840 taps), I shut down. Forecast for 39 tomorrow then 41 on Tuesday. Maybe things will thaw better by Tues.

I didn't fill my truck for the weekend because 25 more gallons I can haul. (Ram 1500 isn't thrilled with 275 gallons in the rear) dissapointing but oh well. Got a lot of tools cleaned up and got the greenhouse emptied. The other day I saw a big greenhouse in hollis collapsed from snow

Well I for one am very glad I upgraded to a 425 gallon truck tank this year. The 25 gallons I picked up yesterday wouldn't have sloshed enough in a 325.
Even my brother's roadside trees that are usually the first gushers of the season haven't picked up yet.

Misery loves company.....so glad im not alone!!!

When I emptied yesterday around 4pm I got about 20 gallons off 100ish taps. It was warmer yesterday than today but last nighht wasn't as cold as two nights ago. I'm hoping for similar results today and a tidal wave tomorrow. Anyone check the flow today? Stuck working today

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Hey all, first time tapper here, just wanted to chime in. I tapped mine yesterday around 10:30, pulled out about 2 gallons from 3 taps in 6 hours. Had about 1 gallon from the other 6 taps combined but just left the setups in. Maybe its warmer in Manch Vegas.

By the way, this site is fantastic. I've gotten pretty much everything I need from one person or another's posts, so thanks for everything.

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Fresh taps pretty much always run better, doesn't last long though.

I got a total of about 13 gal of sap over the weekend from my 41 taps, surprisingly divided pretty evenly between the 2 days. Ended up with 2 - 12 oz bottles of very nice syrup, plus enough to splash into my morning bowl of oatmeal. That's about 60:1 - not good!

Today looks like another 5-gal-or-so day, which I'm considering a bonus given the fact that it was snowing when I got up this morning! Tomorrow has potential - forecast to be in the low 50s, tho tonight may not be cold enough to fully turn the cycle back on.

Can't believe we're getting whacked by another big storm Wed-Thu. The snow is still knee-deep without any extra! Die, Winter, die!!

Went from 20 gallons yesterday to 35 gallons today. Expecting 50+ tomorrow. Boiling tomorrow!

Ran a little today but nothing to jump up about and now with 6-12 inches of heavy snow coming, I predict a gusher after mother nature gives it up and a longgggg season for us all.

my forecast it saying high of 16 and low of -17 on thursday. then, next monday night, the low drops to -20. I see no hurry in drilling holes.

I think it will be April before you start up there Perry.