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We’ve been sugaring for only 8 years. Started with chaffing pans on cinder blocks and then during COVID we built a shack and purchased an evaporator,...

All buckets full this morning and collection tank 3/4 full, and still running. No time to check sugar content but will later today. Looking at long range forecast and if the trees don't bud out (no...

Trees are waking up today. A few on buckets produced over a gallon each while some just started to flow about an hour ago. Similar with those on vacuum… started slow this morning but increasing as...

All caught up now - boiling and did some bottling over the weekend. Some real nice amber...But that's all we ever get is amber. Not a lot of sugar sand this year.

Sap ran a bit yesterday and no...

And just a quick update on my evap…

Changed gaskets, replaced and cleaned insulation and some fire board…. Started boiling today at noon and the unit is running like new and 27 gph !

Sincere...

Oh no ! 😬.

Sorry hear galena. Please post info on how to clean…cause I’m due apparently…

Haha…. We used to have a similar saying for motorbike riders…. Those that have crashed, and those...

Had our best run of the season yesterday. Storage tank is almost full (~300gal) and all our 6 gal pails are full. And it's still running at 1pm today. That's the good news...

The bad ? My...

Good to know about that rockwool. I was at HD today and that's all they had and didn't buy it... but like I said I found some that'll do the trick.

Buckets - maybe a couple - are slowly running...

Thank you or sharing your ideas all.

Started draining pans. Once I have them off will check all - chimney, stack base etc.

Had to order the gasket for bottom of pans. Absolutely no...

Thanks.

No forced air, natural draft. That said the fire would torch quite easily first few years, telling me it was very air tight. Not so anymore.

And yes, I will add a stack thermo for...

Boiled all day Saturday and today…. Kinda exhausted really. But all caught up and weather is shaping up to deliver another run tomorrow and Tuesday.

Have a problem though…. We have a Lapierre 2*6...

You got that right, Vandy.

Buckets aren't doing all that great, barely 1/2 gallon each today, but vacuum is pulling lots of sap. This is our first year with lines on vacuum and I am impressed...

We boiled Saturday, around 200 gal. Pans are sweetened. Not running all that well…. Collected around 100 gal since. Most buckets we put out aren’t running at all. Fingers crossed for later in the...

The 'hope' piece is where I'm at, eddy.

I wonder how long the maples can handle these extended warm spells followed by a cold spell (and repeat) before they bud out.

Some of my large maples...

Well here you go, Bricklayer, the cold snap is here and boy did it roar in like a lion. Temps here dropped from +11 at 2pm to -1 by 3pm. And the winds ! We were frantically pumping sap from our...

It ran a bit yesterday... But this morning our taps that are on tubing/vacuum are flowing quite well. Tested some sap on Sunday and was seeing 2.5%. Not bad ! Cold snap coming wed through friday....

Well I pulled the trigger and tapped all lines today but did not connect them to vacuum. They’re running, slowly but they’re running ! Getting ready for next week…forecast looks promising.

Up in our neck of the woods, Staples, was boiling too. I imagine that for larger producers you have to make hay when the sun shines, so to speak.

So was Sandy Flats....

Yeah, bricklayer, I’m with you on that. Been going full speed since Saturday to get everything ready thinking I would tap but have thought otherwise. Little warm spell here but it’s forecast to...

Ahhh. The cheese factory on Stoney lake road…sadly they closed many years ago. So no 🧀 !

We are precisely 7 minute drive from Lakefield, Pdiamond. Have lived here for 8 years, lovely area and fantastic people. Lived in PTBO for 11 years prior - nice city but it’s a city. ;)
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That's what everyone tells me, Hkb ! Really looking forward to see an improvement in yield..

In Peterborough County here. Still too early. Quite a bit of snow on the ground, no sun and just barely above 0 during the day. Keeping an eye on the forecast tho !

Installing solar sureflo...

Hey all. Had surgery on the 15th so we had to downsize this year but did manage to tap 50 trees on March 8. Since then we collected ~230 gallons and boiled for 6 hours total over Tuesday and...

Thanks Paulslund. Hmmmm. I think we’ll just clean everything now and be done with it.