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Thanks Wobbletop,

So you are taking the concentrate from your 150GPD and then sending that to your 400GPD membrane, right? I guess what I'm asking is what difference does it make if I use 50GPD,...

Hi Everybody,

For those of you who've built your own RO system, I'm curious what RO membranes you use. I see them rated from 50 gpd up to 150 gpd and more with an operating pressure of 60 psi. ...

Thanks. Good luck with the maple / walnut combination. Hopefully your new vacuum filter does the job for you. Please give an update when you've had a chance to try it out.

I've tapped several black walnut trees and I need to find a way to filter the stuff. Has anybody found an efficient way to filter it? Does it help to pour the hot syrup through a coarse strainer...

Thanks. Do you think if I used a 10-quart pan on one of those cooktops that I could boil at a rate comparable to the same pan on a 40,000 BTU propane burner?

I am looking at ways to become more efficient with my back-yard boiling. I am a weekend boiler, usually trying to boil 20-60 gallons in a day. I've been using propane-fueled turkey fryers mostly,...

Thanks for the advice. Other than keeping my equipment as clean as possible and trying to keep the sap cold until the weekend boil, is there anything else I can do do keep my sap from spoiling? Can...

I only get time to boil on the weekends and I have several 4 and 5 gallon buckets of sap that I’ve been storing until the weekend comes around.

Some are cloudy and have a sour smell. I...

Is anybody familiar with the tiny frogs we call Spring Peepers here in Southwest Ohio? I've noticed the last couple of years that the time I start hearing them making their loud peeping noises...

I spent about $300 invested on my DIY RO, ordering most of the parts from Amazon and picking up the rest from Home Depot. After I built it I saw something about The RO Bucket,...

I did try my hand at a DIY RO system. I only got it fully completed midway through Saturday's batch, so it hasn't been fully utilized, though. I was able to run about 10 gallons of raw sap through...

I am just a backyard hobbyist collecting 40-60 gallons of sap during the week and then doing weekend boils using three propane-fueled turkey fryers. This weekend I added another natural gas fueled...

I have about $300 invested in this, ordering most of the parts from Amazon and picking up the rest from Home Depot. After I built this I saw something about The RO Bucket,...

After reading a few others post about their DIY RO systems, I decided to try it myself. This is what I've come up with. I'm just a backyard hobbyist with only 15-20 taps and I do my boiling on the...

Thanks for the suggestions, TonyL. I think I'll get out there and tap a handful of the black walnuts and give it a try. I don't know that I've ever tasted black walnut syrup, but I might as well...

I have quite a few osage orange, black walnut, and honey locust trees on my land and I'm wondering what use I can make of them. Are there any practical uses for the fruits of the osage orange, for...

I'm with you! I'm in Southwestern Ohio and I'm planning to tap that weekend, too. I only have about 15 trees, but I still get excited and anxious to get out there. People keep saying we've got...

I've been tapping about 15 trees for the last couple years and so far I've been using buckets hung from the spiles on the trees around chest height. This year I'm considering just putting buckets on...

I am in central Ohio where we are having 60 degree weather at Christmas, with no real cold weather in the forecast. I’d like some advice on when to tap my trees this season given this weather.
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I am curious as to what makes syrup light or dark. I’ve read that early season sap often yields lighter syrup while later sap gives darker syrup. I’ve noticed, myself, that when I store my sap for...