I have been able to collect 100 gallons of 2% sap so far this week and have been keeping it cold with milk jugs full of ice. No problem today as the high temp so far is only "19" degrees. Probably...
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I have been able to collect 100 gallons of 2% sap so far this week and have been keeping it cold with milk jugs full of ice. No problem today as the high temp so far is only "19" degrees. Probably...
I finally was able to get out in my sugar bush and get my taps in yesterday and I would say that 95% of them started to flow heavily as soon as I drilled the hole. I normally would have taken...
I ended up with 60 gallons of 2.5% combination sap from my reds and sugars. After running it through the RO 1 time I have it condensed down to 30 gallons of 4.25% and that is what I have fired up my...
After having lows in the single digits or low teens since last weekend temps have been slowly rebounding here in the Traverse City area. I collected 20+ gallons yesterday and another 30 today. Not...
Started our 2nd batch of the season today with approx 35 gallons of 2.25% sap. I didn't even run it through the RO Bucket because I figured the end result would have been such a low volume it would...
I was able to start my 1st batch of the season today. I started out with 60 gallons of just over 2% sap and after a single pass through my RB10 brought it up to about 4 1/4%
After filling both pans...
I was able to collect some sap after work yesterday as my trees have finally started to wake up with the warmer temps. We still have about 6-8" of snow on the ground in the woods so it's a slow...
It's still 30 degrees outside so the trees should finally be thawing out and finally start producing sap tomorrow.
We never did get enough warm weather to get thing going here in the TC area. Just when the sap started to flow it got cold again and everything froze up. It's supposed to warm back up again starting...
Looks like we're finally going to get a good stretch of freeze thaw days to get things started here in North West MI. (Traverse City area) I have my taps all cleaned up and just need to get the bags...
Just checked the 30 forecast and doesn't even show good tapping weather now until the 5th or 6th of March. Most years I have already been tapped by now and working on my 1st batch here in North West...
Watching the long range forecast closely here in the Traverse City area. In my previous 9 years I usually have tapped on or around the 18th of February. What can I say, I like getting the 1st load of...
We will be up to our eyeballs for the next week or more with freeze thaw cycles just about every day. It's what we have all been waiting for. The warm spell was just a time to clean things up and get...
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Collected a total of 60 gallons of sap for the 1st boil of the season. A single pass through my RB10 brought the ratio down to about 20-1 I now have about 2 gallons of concentrate to...
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I hung 30 of the 50 bag holders I will have out this year and with the warmer temps we are getting here in Traverse City MI area the bags are starting to slowly accumulate some sap. We...
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North West MI here. (Grawn)
Going to tag the trees that I will have my 50 bag holders on this year by the end of the week. The forecast is looking good for next week to get things started so...
I put 8 taps on 5 gallon buckets ob my dads property in his sugar maples and another 33 in my woods on bag holders last weekend and collected just shy of 50 gallons to work with for my 1st boil on...
I pulled the trigger and ordered the RB10 unit yesterday. I am really looking forward to see how this new addition to my set up will pay for itself in reduced hours required in my sugar shack and...
Thank you to all that have replied to my question. I have approval from the boss to spend the $$ on the RO In A Bucket that I have been looking at so now have another question for this group.
Is the...
The question I have for the group is this. For those that have made syrup without an RO and then started using one, did you notice "any" change in quality of your finished product?
Dan
I did pull all the taps on our property but I still have 8 taps on buckets on sugar maples in my dad's yard a few miles away. No sign of his bears yet so the season is not over with. I was able to...
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I went to collect sap Thursday after work and was greeted with this when I got to my 4th bag. It seems Yogi has decided to awake from his long winters nap early this year. I have...
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With the season in full swing now I am so pleased to be seeing the high sugar content from the sap I have been getting as compared to previous years. I reduced 55 gallons down...
I can't stand it any more, after seeing all my memories on Facebook from years past where I had already been boiling for several weekends by now I have decided to get my operation started this...
Resisted the temptation to put a few taps in for the warm up as it's just going to get cold again next week. I have always found that the early flow of sap is rather low sugar percent.