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  1. Never tapped this early before, but we tapped on...

    Never tapped this early before, but we tapped on Thursday, February 1st. Put in about 220 taps. Took off 300+ gallons of sap yesterday (Sunday, Feb 4th). Quite sure it will run again today, but it...
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    Put out about 200 taps on Tuesday (Feb 28th). It...

    Put out about 200 taps on Tuesday (Feb 28th). It was running well so we gathered about 175 gallons of sap on Wednesday and boiled it down. Packaged it today (March 3rd). Only a little over 3 1/2...
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    Pulled our buckets Monday (April 4th). Had a good...

    Pulled our buckets Monday (April 4th). Had a good collection on April 1st and again on April 3rd. The sap was surprisingly clear for so late in the season. Overall ended up with ~54 gallons of syrup...
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    Hello Mounder - This is your neighbor from Oregon...

    Hello Mounder - This is your neighbor from Oregon that makes syrup in Iowa. We are thinking about a Smoky Lake. How do you like yours by now?
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    Checked yesterday PM and the pails were pretty...

    Checked yesterday PM and the pails were pretty well frozen. The spiles were dripping a little and we had not gathered since Saturday (March 5th) so decided to gather today even though I didn't think...
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    Gathered yesterday (March 5th). A little over 150...

    Gathered yesterday (March 5th). A little over 150 gallons of sap. Not much to brag about for having 200+ taps out for 5 days. Cold today (~35 deg.). Afraid it doesn't look too promising for big runs...
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    Tapped 206 sugar maples today. About half started...

    Tapped 206 sugar maples today. About half started to drip right away. We'll see what the next couple of days do. Hope everyone has a good season.
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    I agree with you Millvilletapper. Hopefully the...

    I agree with you Millvilletapper. Hopefully the weather report is correct. We plan on tapping Monday or Tuesday (March 1st). With the temperature not getting above 30 until Tuesday it doesn't look...
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    Nearing end of season I'm afraid

    Put out 200 taps on March 3rd; All on buckets. Had fourth collection today. Probably got 350 to 375 gallons of sap. So far we bottled about 25 gallons of syrup. In general has been OK but muck darker...
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    So far we can't complain. Looks like we'll get...

    So far we can't complain. Looks like we'll get about 200 quarts from 203 taps. About average the old timers tell me, but the best we've done in a couple of years. The syrup is good this year and the...
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    Gathered about 250 gallons of sap on Wednesday....

    Gathered about 250 gallons of sap on Wednesday. Finished it yesterday morning (March 6th). Got just under 7 gallons of syrup. Very little niter (Yea!!). I believe it is the lightest syrup we have...
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    Finally got tapped yesterday (March 2nd). 203...

    Finally got tapped yesterday (March 2nd). 203 taps; all on buckets. They're running pretty good today. Hope it doesn't get too warm too fast and then stay that way. Always hoping for a good season....
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    Disappointed in our collection on Wednesday...

    Disappointed in our collection on Wednesday (March 27th); Only about 230 gallons of sap from 200 pails. Took about 11 gallons off the evap pan last night. Hope to get 6 to 8 gallons of syrup when we...
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    It's a struggle but we got 200 taps out on the...

    It's a struggle but we got 200 taps out on the 14th & 15th of March. Collected 3 times so far. Packaged 16 gallons thru yesterday and hope to package another 6 or so today. With last nights freeze...
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    Finally got some sap in Winneshiek County

    Collected about 225 gallons of sap on Monday (March 12th). Lots of ice was throw out before we dumped the buckets so the test seems to be pretty good. Boiled most of it down today and will finish up...
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    Finally got some sapo

    Collected about 150 gallons of sap Saturday. Boiled it down yesterday and will probably get about 3 to 4 gallons of syrup when we finish it with a propane pan tomorrow. Not much sap will run today,...
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    Not much running here yet!

    Put out 200 taps last Saturday and Sunday (Feb 24th & 25th). Must have not been cold enough at nights this week as we didn't get much sap yet. We had 22° last night so hopefully will run well today....
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    Glad to see we finally got an Iowa forum. I'm in...

    Glad to see we finally got an Iowa forum. I'm in the far NE corner of the state. The way the weather forecast looks we probably won't be tapping up here until the 20th of February or possibly even...
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    I live in Ogle County, Illinois but tap in NE...

    I live in Ogle County, Illinois but tap in NE Iowa. Frankly in both places the weather doesn't look favorable through Friday, March 7th. Maybe the weatherman's wrong it will warm up next week after...
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    Least sugar sand I've ever seen

    I agree that the lack of sand this year is great. I've never seen it this good. The syrup is also the lightest color I've ever made. I didn't test the sap but I got about 11 gallons of syrup from...
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