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Just an FYI if you buy from Fillmore. They stated adding a $5 charge for same day pickup orders. So just call ahead a day before and they should have your order ready and minus the extra charge.
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Anyone looking for a nice oil tank arch with a home made ss 3 section continuous flow pan and a bunch of extra stuff?

I'm done. I checked my buckets this morning and found basically no sap. Some of them were kind of nasty looking inside, so I just pulled all my taps. I've all my spiles and short tubing soaking in an...

As the water boils out the sugar concentrates. As the sugar concentrates the temp rises. When you hit about 219, you're done. If you keep cooking the temp will keep rising until your sugar burns.

I collected about 40 gallons this morning. Most of it looked pretty good except one bucket was a little yellow/green. Funny thing about that is it's a 5 prong tree in which I have taps in 3 of them....

Mine are all pretty much in the open.

Hope there's no asbestos in that mortar. If so, just filter asbestos you can!

My sugar has been pretty good, at least according to my home brewers hydrometer. I only have two sugar maples but as of yesterday the sap was at 3%. The rest, all silvers are giving sap at 2.2%, all...

I made an interesting, if not disturbing discovery today. But first, Since it's warm out today and I was concerned about my 35 or so gallons of sap spoiling, and I won't be able to boil again 'til...

Depending on the weather trend, we could go at least well into March I should think.
I checked my traps this morning and was pleased to find most of them about 3/4 full. They all were maybe 1/4...

I just draw a line around the bit with a Sharpie at the depth I want.

I collected almost 50 gallons today from 15 taps. First boil tomorrow!

Good news and bad news for me. I checked a few of my 15 buckets this morning. The good news is that every bucket I checked was at least 3/4 full! The bad news is I'm sick. I came down with a bad head...

Welcome to the obsession, Joe. I'm here in Lancaster county and I just finished tapping yesterday. Just a small backyard operation with 15 taps. The ones I put in yesterday were all trickling pretty...

Fermentation produces CO2, which builds up and creates pressure, like what causes a champagne cork to fly off. If there's enough in-fermented sugar left when you bottle, it just keeps building...

Last year I simply added syrup to vodka. I started with a standard bottle and added syrup until it tasted right, not too sweet. The syrup stays in solution, so once it's mixed in it stays mixed in. I...

I wouldn't worry too much. It's still pretty early. I just put in 7 taps myself in my backyard. All the tap holes were wet and I could hear a few dripping nicely in the buckets as I walked away.

Yes, I've used it with good results for a few years. Before I used it I held a propane torch on to how durable it was. The torch didn't hurt it at all. There may be better insulators but it works...

I'm not planning to. I'm using the rock wool instead of ceramic board. It's not as durable but it's a lot cheaper, plus I already had half a bundle from another project. I've got it stuffed behind...

Bricking my oil tank arch today, I'm wondering if I need to cover the rock wool insulation on the ramp with brick. I did in previous seasons but it just compresses the insulation, making it less...

Welcome, beetapper. I'm in the Denver/Reamstown neighborhood. I only tap a handful of trees in and around my back yard. Not even tapping this year. I still have plenty of syrup til next year. Have a...

Wow. That was instantaneous!

That's great! Good job getting the kids involved.

Same deal as last year?

My trees are running ok today. I got 25 gallons or so since yesterday. It's going to really warm up next week so I'll probably pull my taps on Monday and boil whatever I get til then and wrap it up.