6 Chip Way

Ok here we go...............
Start today getting things ready in the sugarhouse.
Going to flush the lines out tomorrow.
Maybe tap sometime this week
Kinda windy here today, forecast to be in the mid 30's.
It's getting there.

Got a start today, put out 32 buckets.
Most were running, of course a fresh hole usually does.
Yeah I know, get doing the rest.
Tomorrow the landowner is going to help me finish up.
We'll be up to 200 taps this year, when I get a count I'll change our info.
We are ready for sap, just need to run it into the pans!!
Should have some this week to sweeten the pans.

I've been tapped since the 12-13th and at 1st it was running great, and then the last part of this week it just about stopped. This was the earliest I've tapped in the short time I've been doing this, so I'm ahead no matter what.....but looking forward to flowing trees again hopefully this coming week. Boiling now, and will have some syrup tonight I think!! Yaaaa!

glad to see that you are at it in a good way 3%. Hope you have a good season.

Ok here's the update ........................
Total taps; 217, 57 buckets and 160 online.
Sap was running good today, checked the sugar in the new bush .... 3.2%, hot ****!!
Looks like we'll gather tomorrow, may have just enough to work out the bugs and sweeten the pans.
Needed snowshoes to get around.
Next weekend is shapping up good too.
Guess we're off to the races!!!

Hi Dave, It's good to see that you are tapped in. How is Jim doing? I haven't been on the site lately because we lost power from Thursday night until almost mid day yesterday. 7 pages of threads with new post. I'm not going to be able to read all of that. Good luck with the new season it sounds like you are going to be busy.

Hi Russ,
Great to hear from you, hope things are going well for you guys.
Jim has been out of power also. As of yesterday he still didn't have it.
Cornish got hit pretty good.
He was tapping this weekend, guee I'll have to offer the generator so he can power the oil fired arch and the vacuum.
Chat with you later!
Say "HI" to the family.

Dave

Gathered 78 gallons of sap today.
First boilt today.
Boiled for 3.5 hours and 3/4 gallon of light syrup later ....................
Had a couple of bugs to work out, as usual.
Started drawing syrup anabout 45 minutes later we was done.
Now to get more sap tomorrow.

Gathered 100 gallons of sap today.
Turned that right into 3 gallons of light syrup.
Not much taste, but **** sweet!!!
So we're at 3 1/2 gallons of syrup.
Should have had run good here today, mid 40's.
Looks like it's going to freeze up for a couple days.
Hope all traders are having a great time!!

Gathered 40 gallons of sap yesterday, just put it in the head tank.
May boil it in tomorrow afternoon, just to have an empty tank for Saturday morning.
As I have said it hasn't run much in the past couple of days.
Looks like starting tomorrow it's going to run good for a few days.
Have to wait and see.