What about Brix level? In the last week, after 4 days of hot weather followed by snow, the Brix level in my sap jumped from 2.5 to 3.0. I was expecting it to drop as the season wore on.
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What about Brix level? In the last week, after 4 days of hot weather followed by snow, the Brix level in my sap jumped from 2.5 to 3.0. I was expecting it to drop as the season wore on.
I'm still getting sap with a Brix north of 2 and snow still in the woods, so will keep going if weather cooperates. I've started a regime of washing sap collection pails and tanks, and the sap being...
After speaking with the inventor of the Nano at CDL, it is clear that the Nano-3 is not designed for single pass usage. It processes at a rate of 13 - 15 gal/hr and multiple passes are required to...
If you check out the Net Zero page on my website, there is a document that can help you improve the wood burning efficiency of your evaporator.
Cheers, paul
I bought the 3 membrane CDL Nano model last summer (2021) and am using it for the first time this year.
But to my horror, it is performing like the 2-membrane system, producing 1/3 permeate and...
Finally, we are hitting our normal 2 L per tap daily sap harvesting rate. 242 L collected from 121 taps today.
Will check Brix tomorrow on 570 L of sap collected to-date.
Today yielded 155 L of sap. There is a bit of a lag in my numbers as I only record what arrives at the main holding tank. I have approx 400 L intermediate storage in the sugarbush. Total for the...
Slow start here in Darling Township in North Lanark. Been tapped since March 7 (first year with majority of taps on gravity lines) but so far collecting more ice than sap. Suspect we are seeing low...
Hi Ken, its all described in the guidance document on my website. .... cheers, paul
Hi Ken,
The calculators in the GHG Toolkit can be used for either a direct inventory, or to extrapolate for a larger homogeneous sugarbush by taking a detailed inventory in 1 hectare and...
Thank you. Note that you do not need to be motivated by climate to benefit from becoming net-zero. If you look at the details in the material on our website you'll see that there are significant...
A couple of comments. First, you need to be very careful in making any assumptions regarding sequestration via crops. Most agriculture practices NOT carbon-neutral and release carbon stored in the...
It sounds like you have not read the GHG Protocol-based methodology that we are using when talking about net-zero. We do NOT assume any sequestration from dead trees, nor is there any double...
Arg, the forum timed out my session as I was uploading my reply and seems to have lost it, so here is my second attempt (the joy of satellite Internet).
No, I do not agree. The only reliable way...
Somehow Tim Perkins quote and comment on my post was attributed to me by accident. Although confusing, I'd like to address a couple of the points he makes.
1. Agree that maple syrup is mostly...
I think the correct lens is to look at emissions in each year since that is what is driving climate change. Note that the tree decay rate is at least 7 years (and species specific), so let's just...
I think you are overlooking the fact that each year you accelerate emissions by another 7 years. Your timeline shows the impact of only one year.
This line of thinking overlooks the fact that the forest is already in a natural balance - absent the activities of humans. If the dead trees rotting in your forest were put there by Mother Nature,...
OK, let me try to break it down into more detail:
1. When you burn any fuel via combustion the process emits CO2. For example, if you burn a full cord of wood on an evaporator that is 20%...
While you only mentioned this as an aside to bolster your argument, it is kind of a pet peeve of mine. You need to keep in mind that you're getting a whopping dose of sugar along with those...
Yes. Apologies for being so obtuse in my hurried explanation.
If your maple syrup consumption of power is 1686 kwh, these are normally your scope 2 emissions. Since you have a surplus of power,...
The generation of power on your property is an offset only against the scope 2 emissions of your electric utility. Basically, you would use the net of Kwh generated vs consumed from the grid and...
Regardless of the fuel type used for the evaporator, the international rules for climate accounting insist that you cannot be net-zero unless you have accounted for all Scope 1 (direct) Scope 2...
I frequently encounter 3 myths regarding net-zero maple syrup that are worth commenting on.
1. The first myth comes in various forms based on whether climate change is real, or that anything we do...
If you want to include your grassland, it may be possible to find the sequestration rate per hectare for the type of grass that is growing on your fields online, but I suspect that this will not be a...