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The buds havent popped here yet either. I am usually a bit behind everyone else thank goodness. I just broke what I made last year but I now have double the taps. Hoping to have at a couple more days...

Well Karen sorry to hear you burnt your syrup. I may be able to help. Coulpe of days ago I left my arch just for a little bit to bottle a few gallons so my wife could deliver the last of my...

Ya I have been tapping doing a bit of an expansion. Did 300 last year going to at least 600 this year. I want the sap to flow but I wouldnt have made my numbers if it did. Been laid off for 4 weeks...

I used to live in sprucedale about 8 years ago. Glad you did that reading on the ice saves me wondering. Tells me if I am starving for sap i could melt and boil , but if i want to conserve wood toss...

Been doing this for a couple of years and still havent got a sap hydrometer yet so I have a question. If there is ice in my buckets is there any value in that ice? Should I melt it or throw it away?...

Now that you have tapped your first 45 I would have to say its to late your done for. After getting started you will find that next year you wont care as much about what kind. You will be thinking...

I guess I would be #32 started last year was hoping to do 500 taps but only got to 198. 118on gravity and 80 buckets.
only made 34 litres of syrup. plus another 2 gallons of buddy syrup just because...

Awesome thread guys was just researching to make one. This is the style Im going with. THANKS

Well today was scary first day that I've went out and everything was dry. Now I know what people are talking about when they say it wasn't running. Have confidents it will come back though. Monday...

Collected 60 gal of sap today. Storage a problem here too. To warm. I guess im lucky for my elevation only 3 nights it hasnt froze so far. Doesn't look like its going to freeze again tonight. Hoping...

still about two feet of snow where I am in the bush but its raining right now. would like to walk on the ground but i know that will shorten the season. weather is pretty warm hope it cools downonly...

ya twinbay here ya about the snow depth. sort of sucks but think of it this way its gotta get better cant get any worse. you maybe should put 5 gallons in those totes till you get the trail packed...

well the elevation here is a little high always seems to be about 5 degrees lower here then it is when we are in town which is about ten minutes away. hopefully that means the season will stretch out...

Got 32 gallon from 170 taps. Hope it gets better then that.

well it ran got, about 32 gallon fron 170 taps. Hoping it gets a bit better then that.

Been on here reading about people who's season is just about over. Finally it looks like we might get our first sap yeeee haaaa let her run LOL.
Anyone else up here exited or is it just because im a...

Ok I figured out why I was having problems figuring out if they were maple trees or not.
The problem is that I have gotten a really good bush and there are very few other trees in it that arent...

thank you for that web site it will help me out alot. this winter will be my best guess and look at the leaves in the summer to see how acurate i am.

thanks alot. this site is great get lots of cool information and ideas that milk jug thing is a great idea! I dont have to worry about that yet though the sap hasn't even started running here yet....

ok when i went to the bush I still had a hard time telling the maple. Or i should say was still unsure of some of the trees. Any other sugestions how to tell them apart. when i went to the oak with...

thank spencer. you answered this over 24 hours ago and no body has argued with you. On this site that would mean that everyone agrees with you. thanks again you saved me alot of very short boils....

well heading out to pull taps back out of trees that arent maple :lol:

hi dont want to be a pain but it is my first year. think of me as a two year old got a million questions.
before coming on this site i always thought you had to boil the sap you got each day or it...

have about 100 taps in and i have only seen about 1cup of sap. you are all talking about all this sap and the season ending soon. i would just like to be able to boil once looks good for this friday...

thats what i've been looking for. always loved looking at V's. thats something i wont forget. paired buds and branches.
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