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Collected 500L today and ran thru RO. Was able to pour off and bottle 15L of dark amber syrup today. Total for the year is 95.875L. Just shy of last year with opportunity to surpass.

Has been a good week. 2.5 half days of boiling and 63.75 Litres of syrup. Sap did not run well yesterday because of previous warm night - however today is a different story with a cool night -5 and...

Hi Harold - i bought the CDL 9 gallon vacuum this year and so far with limited use I am pleased with it. I run felt filter and a pre-filter on top. Today we did two batches (approx 4.5 gallons...

First year using DE with my vacuum filter and found so far that using a cup of DE mixed into 5 gallons of syrup worked well for me. Results were crystal clear.

weather looks decent this week so will be heading north to the cottage for a week of boiling. Currently have 600L sitting in concentrate tank and 2 tanks in bush are showing to be approx 50% but...

Same here. Sap running well this aft. Pulled 500L out of the bush and ran through RO.

Thanks! PURE BS (Pure Bennett Maple Syrup). We have some fun with it.

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Finished with some light amber today. First time using the CDL vacuum filter and was pleased with the results.

Collected approx 1200 litres of sap today and ran through RO. Starting boiling at 2:30 pm today and boiled to 5:00pm and called it for the day. Will pickup where I left off tomorrow,
Despite temps...

Just checked in with my remote sap monitoring systems and it is showing both pumps are running with vacuum ranging between 17 to 24 inches and temperatures of 38F.
There looks to be some sap running...

Trees tapped, tanks in place and vacuum pumps at the ready for when temps climb above zero. Weather forecast this morning was showing plus 4 Tuesday and Wednesday but a quick check now shows those...

Going to tap my trees tomorrow and get things all set for when the weather turns. Interestingly i was looking at pics from last season and my first boil was March 12th and looking ahead at this...

Pretty much ready to go but will wait until the end of the month and tap the last week of February.

I have updated my vacuum pumps to the Shurflow 4048's and have added a remote sap monitoring...

Any idea what this weather does for our season? Will it be short with a milder winter?

Hi Harold - sent you a personal message earlier but not sure you saw. I am getting close to calling my season and I still have 300+ gallons in the bush that i won’t be able to boil. Would you like?

Wow 3500L - that's quite the run Willen!
Here's a question for everyone - how long will sap last before it spoils? I am a weekend boiler and with the sap running as strong as it is - my chances...

Good weekend as well. Collected 1900L.

Planning to head north this weekend - anything happening in the bush?

This past week was good! Despite my one pump being down most of the week still managed to fill my 185 gallon tanks. Pulled 900L out today and ran through RO.
Will not get through all I’ve...

So I’ve got a 5/16” recirculating line with a needle valve - is it best to have the needle valve wide open or only open slightly to restrict the flow through the recirculating line?

So how’s everyone’s collection going so far? Can’t say I have been run off my feet. My gravity is not doing much of anything and wonder if the those trees still need to thaw. My vacuum - which I...

Hey Harold - the recirc lines worked great which allowed me to identify a couple of leaks easier on both my mainlines and improve the vacuum close to 20”. Thanks for the tip!

Gathered 550 L yesterday and another 280 L today. Been doing a slow boil today and will bottle tomorrow

Boiled 600 L today that was collected a few days ago. Will do a final boil tomorrow. Had a challenge with it being so cold that the sap tank line into the evaporator was freezing. Nothing an...

Thanks Harold. Will plumb in a recirc line with needle valve this weekend. I will keep you posted on the results