and the smell of burnt pan,oops. Didn't lose too much but still a lot of work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Run Forest Run!
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and the smell of burnt pan,oops. Didn't lose too much but still a lot of work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Run Forest Run!
Good morning
Yesterday went well all for a little evaporator problem I can't get my front pan hot enough to draw off .(look at my thread maybe you can help it is named ( "Need some advice") on the tapping Canada screen.
Any way had about 85 gallons stored and started to boil then to my surprise was flooded with a run uf SAP 65 gallons in about 6 hours my main !ines ran like little streams WOW ! ! ! ! . I collected that liquid gold at 3pm and hope it ran into the night to collect this morning. I ripped those those gallons really quick , the new pan works better then I though in the drop flue section.
Did anyone else get a good run in yesterday's sun soakecd day today should be good as well if not no cold temps forecasted till mid week so will boil and drain flue pan and finish in the garage.
Hoping for 2 or more gallons when all said and done today.
Had a great run yesterday too. Collected around 250 gallons. Should have been more as 2 of my tanks and several pails were overflowing. Today will be a busy day getting through all that sap. Went down to -2 here last night so I imagine it will run again today but I doubt we will get the flood we got yesterday.
My day sucked !!! Reading all these people near by me in Campbellford and area, I'm in Codrington and only got 20 ltrs sap !!! Not what I was expecting to say the least.
That is annoying when others in your area get more sap than you. I wonder how Kyle is doing down near Smiths Falls, he's only 40km away but could be getting tons more sap as he's further south than me. On the other hand, people more north of me by the same approximate distance, could be getting very little as they did in 2014. Microclimates, lay of the land etc etc...the only other bush I can compare accurate notes with is 5min drive away.
Busy finishing off yesterday's sap, checked the trees in my jammies and wellies this morning and temp outside already 7 degrees or more and everyone's got sap. May be making another batch of syrup tonight!
Surprising....but often seems the same to me! Maybe not quite as cold at night being a little closer to the lake?Quote:
Originally Posted by BrutemanAl
Yesterday was very good. Not the best ever, but not bad at all. We had frost on the grass in the morning, then it ran well into the night. Likely 300L on 85 taps.
Today...nothing!
Not a bad week, though. Sunday to Sunday - 1000L - just finishing my main boil on that. Shureflo pump helped on some days.
Spent a couple of hours at the sugaring neighbour's today, getting caught up on local gossip, drinking Timmy's, standing around the arch getting a nice steam facial, bringing in armloads of firewood as needed, watching how they collect/transport/store/move their sap through their little system to their shack...and on weekends they always have about a dozen or so people around from their own adult kids in their 40s and 50s to their kids and the the kids' friends, so a diverse bunch to talk to and enjoy :-) Got just under 8l today, only 1/5 of yesterday's yield, but still enough to give my big stockpot something productive to do this evening.
And bottled up my first batch of 1250ml, great colour, usual marshmallow/vanilla notes...I love sugaring :-)
Got about half of what yesterday produced 61 gallons, it seemed that the trees that were sheltered from the breeze were producing better. Got the front pan finally all cleaned up again and ready to start boiling again in the morning, another attempt to produce some syrup.
Same here Steve. I'm glad you chimed in today as I was wondering if you were experiencing the same conditions.Quote:
Originally Posted by SPM in King