I'll send another 10-20 gallons of permeate through it if it sits for more than a couple days. Does it help? I have no idea, but probably doesn't hurt.
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I'll send another 10-20 gallons of permeate through it if it sits for more than a couple days. Does it help? I have no idea, but probably doesn't hurt.
In Western NY I have about a day and a half left of clean-up. We have a couple freezes coming up but I wasn't willing to take the gamble on them. We had a great season though, tapped the last week...
Finished up the season with 3,830 gallons of sap and 68 gallons of syrup. Never got "golden" this year, but got very close at 71%. And oppositely, never got "very dark" but got very close at 31%.
To be honest, I wish we could make all the syrup we need/want in a little over 4 weeks every year. lol The only other year I remember finishing this early was 2012.
No longer tossing around the idea of being done after this run, I will be done boiling by Monday/Tuesday next week. Will be well over full crop and more than enough syrup. I actually kinda like...
Tapped the last week of January and have seen everything from 1.5 to 2.1 depending on what part of the run I was getting it from.
Tossing around the idea of pulling the plug after these next two runs. I'll likely have plenty enough syrup for the year by then, and hate trying to wait out a warm spell for cold weather again. ...
Should be a good week, I'm ready to get back at it! Put out all my buckets today, didn't want to put them out three weeks ago when I got the tubing going.
Had enough sap between yesterday and today for a small boil tonight. Syrup definitely went dark, probably pushing out the sap from the tail end of the warmup we had. Likely the lower end of...
I really don't recall what brand it was, but that sounds familiar. I know it was reclaimed out of my Aunt's house, it was used as a chimney for all the gas appliances (water heater, furnace, etc). ...
On my 18x60 raised flue I flood rear pan when I have 2 1/2 to 3 gallons left in the head tank. But prior to that, at about 7 or 8 gallons left I switch over to burning pine only to reduce coals. I...
360 gallons for the first boil today. Not bad for only about 160 taps in so far.
I bought two small milk tanks this past summer, a 200 gallon and a 140 gallon. They both came with heavy duty valves, and all the round lid covers. I paid a $100 each for the tanks. It certainly...
I'm not sure I've ever seen milk tank fittings at a Tractor Supply before. Hamby Dairy Supply online is a great source for fittings. Definitely spendy though.
Tapped my 160 tubing taps yesterday as the rain switched to snow. Too early? Maybe. I'll let you know towards the end of March. lol I tapped Feb 5th last year so this is only one week earlier...
I got everything 100% ready to go yesterday, I'm down to just flushing the RO and drilling holes. Next Tuesday/Wednesday next week is looking great for starting. The entire first week of February...
A nice fresh blanket of snow here in Wyoming County that at least gives the illusion that it is winter. lol Sounds short lived though, upper 40's by mid-week. I think at least some operations...
My tip is not to look. lol
Seriously though, I've often wondered how larger operations keep their pipework clean inside. Just the few feet I have gets kinda funky.
With my RO I know 33 degree sap feels painfully slow compared to 50+ degree sap. Huge difference for me.
Number of taps: 210
Vacuum (Y/N): 3/16ths natural vac
RO (Y/N/type) Single post 4x40
Arch size: 18”x60”
Pan Type: Raised flu
Fuel Type / amount used: between 5 and 6 face cords
Sap collected...
Impressive numbers!!
So I bought this pump as a spare, but ended up using it as my main pump the entire season. It was a real workhouse, and I really like it. Absolutely wouldn't hesitate to buy another. I like the...
Bottled 20 gallons today. Was cruising along pretty good up to about 16 gallons then it just stalled. Had a second set of filters ready to go so swapped them out to finish. A press might be in...
I was spot on. Bottled exactly 20 gallons today for a total for the season of 88.75 gallons. Let the clean-up commence........
Following. I can never get the sides clean either.