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I didn’t know you could use DE with a cone type filter. Do others have experience with this?

-nick

I am not exactly sure where you are located but Irving/Circle K in Andover near Belletetes has off road diesel. It’s always about 20cents per gal cheaper than having fuel oil delivered.

I on on...

I wanted to let you know that I ordered the RB 15 assembled bucket a couple weeks ago and was pleasantly surprised when I saw that it is plumbed in series and not parallel!

Furthermore, he’s...

I finished the season with 29 taps and made 22 gal. I could have made a couple more but gave a good bit of sap to a friend in need.

Here are some pictures of the 3.9% tree as well as some bottled...

It has not been extra cold, all are southern exposure within 200 yards of each other, and everyone else around me has had excellent runs like I would expect over the last 48 hrs.

Has anyone heard...

They are all sugar maples that I have tapped.

The low temp the last 2 nights has been 25, 28 respectively.
The high temp the last 2 days has been around 48-50

-nick

This is my first year tapping at my new house but 4 years experience at old house and I started with 22 taps on old growth trees. If it was over 3' in diameter I used 3 taps, if over 2' I used 2...

I put in 16 taps yesterday 2-14-18. Most of them in OLD growth trees.

Today I checked the sugar content via a new sap hydrometer from Bascom and it read 3.9% sugar.

I'll post a picture later....