Did my first collection at the end of the day, total of 47 gallons. Things are starting to wake up, and I was thinking that it was a pretty nice day out.
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Did my first collection at the end of the day, total of 47 gallons. Things are starting to wake up, and I was thinking that it was a pretty nice day out.
Hey Maxj,Quote:
Originally Posted by MaxJ
Your just up the road from me.. How many taps do you have? 47 gallons is nothing to shy away from! We in Inverary have collected 85 litres today from 42 taps! Currently on our second boil down.. Totalling 120litres.. Will keep posting progress!
As for beach blankets.. I agree some of the trees are frozen as some of our taps have zero drops of sap yet!! It does suck.. Waiting while being so excited can be very hard.. Like Karen mentioned before it like Christmas time .. But still waiting for Santa Claus 😉
Good to know MaxJ. The dozen I put in will be under high scrutiny for sure. We'll see where we're at in another 3 weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by MaxJ
Have fun with the second boiling Lesley. I'm going to get things cooking tomorrow with the little bit that I've collected so far. Can't wait until I'm being carried out to sea by the tidal wave. Fingers crossed.
Tapped the last 50+ today for a total of 65. Most trees were running a little which was very surprising based on the weather. Was able to pillage yesterday's buckets and come up with enough sap to make the first pot of sap coffee this season. Always a family favorite. Set up our collection tanks and inventoried filters and bottles. I think we're pretty much ready.
I did a count this afternoon and it's now 65 buckets, 30 being tapped this afternoon. I only tapped 6 trees from the previous two years, everything else is on new trees as an experiment to see how they'll run, if good I'll do pipelines next year on them.
95 taps are on pipeline still have three lines to repair and that should bring it up to 190 total taps. 6 of the lines are north facing so they're slow starters but they seem to like the later season. I'm probably going to regret having this many taps as I remember getting 95 gallons off 65 taps last year. :)
I honestly wouldn't fret at this point.. I don't have much experience, but I do remember once the season really started last year.. We were all pretty overwhelmed with sap!! Including you! I agree it's been very hard to have to wait so long.. But I do think trees are still a bit frozen yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Run Forest Run!
OK you got me interested in this "SAP COFFEE" tell us more? I thought your trees would be running pretty good as well Drew your not that far away. I'm still cleaning dried sap off my eye glasses as I got splattered a few time hammering in the spouts. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DrewCP
Our trees are usually pretty stubborn. On top of a hill and not too far off Mississippi Lake. Wind is always a factor for us early.Quote:
Originally Posted by MaxJ
Sap coffee has been something my parents have been doing since I can remember. Spring starts with sap coffee around here. Simply boil sap in a pot for about 6 or 7 minutes then pour it over coffee grinds instead of water. I hate sugar in my coffee but can't imagine spring without this coffee! Probably wouldn't try it with a Keurig....
Wow! That sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing!Quote:
Originally Posted by DrewCP