Yep, interesting weather we've been having. Never got the deep freeze, hopefully the drop a week out is good enough. I'll be reducing taps this year after adding another to the family, but we all...
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Yep, interesting weather we've been having. Never got the deep freeze, hopefully the drop a week out is good enough. I'll be reducing taps this year after adding another to the family, but we all...
I know what you mean. We batch boil on the weekend (a few neighbors together) on the one evap we built. Last week we added a 7th pan and I still had 25 gal I couldn't get through, steady 4 pans...
I've really enjoyed hearing about your upgrades and experiences with them this season. You really stepped it up! I'm a few years off from many of them, but it's all great information shared. I'm just...
I just pulled mine this morning, should've pulled them yesterday as I got nothing overnight. Glad to hear you got 10 gallons, we'll clock in around 7-8 after boiling tomorrow. It'll be my first WFE...
I'm planning a similar setup next year, not nearly that distance, but very flat and roughly the same number of reds. I've read several members suggest using 5/16 in this kind of setup. 3/16 is best...
we used to do a diluted bleach soak of our drops/taps into buckets, and did again for some of ours this year. given that we scaled up, we have new tees and drops on half, and I plan on just...
That's awesome to hear! I'm right by you, with a similar tap count at my house, then a few scattered across neighbors. Still on buckets, still pretty frozen and not getting much, we tapped Saturday....
Hey masonry, tapping tomorrow in my parts. Next week is looking favorable around here, hoping for a few good runs. Wish I had tubing to run or maintain leading up to tapping, staring at them doesn't...
Hey otf, really like your setup too. I'm relatively new to the game, still on a block arch with steam pans, hopefully will get something like that in a few years. Hoping for 50-60 taps across my...
Thanks for the knowledge drop maple flats, and the welcome Pdiamond! I didn't realize many tappers used leased land, i just assumed everyone was just naturally swimming in maples. was hoping to get...
Haha, I'm sure, especially for you folks staring at acres and acres. My 35-40 taps are pretty much my max, I walked my woods and marked everything already haha. Land is at a premium in my area. That...
Hi, been lurking and learning here for the past couple years. Small backyard operation going on year 3. A few other neighbors started joining in and tapping too, so we do a weekly boil together since...