2nd Boil In Chesterfield

Boiled down another 35 gallons yesterday. Had 2% sugar on yesterday's collections.

I hope any of you from Conway along with your family are safe.........

The evening weather that moved through was intense!!

I hope the folks in Conway are all safe too. I did my second boil in W Granville yesterday too (40 gals). I cooked outdoors until dusk and was totally surprised to see the tornado report an hour later. Claimed it went through Otis which is a town away. we saw nothing but a few flurries. PS: I lost patience with my 3/16 line so on Saturday I made some adjustment to try an improved vacuum. Buckets and lines were frozen on Sunday so can tell if the adjustments kicked in yet. My first boil this year was the best tasting ever (60 gallons). Sunday's product was a bit stronger tasting. Mostly sap from reds on Sunday. I can't put my finger on the after taste, almost a slight sting like pepper but not pepper-ish. Gland to hear you had sap running in Chesterfield. Cold and windy in GV yesterday!

We had a low temp last Thursday night of 42. Was 19 this morning and suppose to hit high 40's today. Need those 20 degree nights back with warm days. I too have mostly reds. It was some of the sweetest syrup I have ever made. Very tasty. You had a great day to boil Sat. GV2!!

TV stations are reporting that this was the first tornado ever recorded in Massachusetts during February. Glad nobody was seriously hurt.

I have boiled about 400 gallons of sap so far from 96 taps and boiled 6 of the last 8 days. Sap never stopped running during the warm spell, oddly enough. This week is looking decent, should run a few days.

Dave

Sounds like your Vacuum pump along with your 3/16" tuning is serving you well Dave.....that's great!!

Collected shy of 60 gallons tonight. Just took dogs out and I hear the buckets in the yard singing their song of sweetness. Sugar content was a. Bit over 2%

Boiled for a couple hours tonight....was worried about the day time high today but sap was 38 degrees even with the 58 degree high today. Going to boil up what we have thurs and Fri weekend will slow things up

Boiled 55 of the 85 gallons we collected yesterday. Trees ran good!! Sugar was 2.25%

Finished 1 1/2 gallons of syrup this morning using my steamer. Worked out very well :) For a cheap homemade steamer

Finished making our second gallon. looks like we might get another shot this week at a run