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so far this season has been not so great where i am. one good run and a few fair runs, thought this past weekend would be great but barely got any sap. can't figure it out? we were finally able to draw off about a gal. on sun., sure wish i had a 1/2 pint instead of having to boil w/ my cousin's 2x6 seems like we used alot of sap just to sweeten the pans. hopefully things will turn around or i will be out tapping some of the trees that i didn't tap yet this year.
the sap is running great today in Cheshire. it got down to 27 last night and all the taps are running great. collected 10 gallons by 10:30 on 45 taps.
Hey Lafite. Thats good news to hear. I just made a doomsday report based on what I saw forecasted. Sure glad I'm wrong!
Just dont tell my wife that I admitted I was wrong!:)
Hey Lafite. Thats good news to hear. I just made a doomsday report based on what I saw forecasted. Sure glad I'm wrong!
Just dont tell my wife that I admitted I was wrong!:)
Not running to well at Brooksvale, only 25 gallons collected over the weekend. And to top it off, someone threw trash in the best and fullest bucket today. Will wash that, strain out the moths, re-drill a few tomorrow and hope that we can get a bit more. Not looking to good right now.
I'm running on all cylinders here, 3 days in a row, and should be two more [tue & wed] too. Then, there's this huge rain event in store for us that'll kill any run. :cry: Thu, fri, sat & maybe Sun from the looks of it. crap.
CTJim, I'm in your camp. Upgraded to a 2x6 this year and have no syrup to show for it. I've boiled 100-150 gallons and was almost ready to draw off on Sunday before I started running low on sap. Figured today was a bad day in my neck of the woods but looked at three buckets coming up the driveway tonight and they each had 1/3-1/2 in them so that was good news.
Hoping we get a drop in temps next week, maybe have to redrill a few trees. My wife says there will be good years and bad years for sap... fortunately she knows not the cost of all these shiny things.
Marginal year at best, 15 gallons yesterday on 55 taps, only one good run so far, have about 4 gallons of finished syrup waiting for bottling. Looking like I should have tapped sooner than 2/21. Hebron maplefest looks like it will be dry of sap and wet of weather.
I'm in the same boat. I've only made 20 gallons of syrup so far off 320 taps. It's been a strange season that's for sure. Typically I've made 40+ gallons at this point with a few weeks still to go. I just checked out a long range forecast and it looks awful - no cold temps this far south for at least a week or so. There is always next season!
I managed to gather 18-20 gallons from 20 taps from yesterday. I also have 5 trees tapped in Norwalk and I didnt get down there over the weekend, but yesterday I collected 10gallons from those. Still clear as can be (phew). So I should have enough for a small boiling event by Saturday. I've been dropping frozen 1/2 gallons in the storage tank to keep it cool.