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Wondering. I'm in the same situation. I live in Oconomowoc area, tap at my property in Vilas County. I'm a teacher, I've been tapping for about 10 years now, just as a hobby. My brother and I...

Hard to resist these March like temperatures, but I'm not falling for this brief warm-up. Tentative plans are to tap some time around the second week of March. I have a week's vacation end of...

Well, my season is over, hate to say. Was up this past weekend, collected about 160 gallons Thursday nite, not a drop for the rest of the weekend. Too cold. I'm betting it'll still go for a couple...

Disappointing week this past week. I was off, so I spent the week in Vilas Co, expecting to be cooking non-stop. Had 70 gallons when I got there, cooked about 2 gallons of beautiful liquid gold. ...

Neighbor of my sapping site called yesterday. All buckets full. Heading up right after work tomorrow. Hopefully I can get the sap collected before it freezes solid. Going to be a long day cooking...

Brother went up to start tapping today. About 2 feet of white stuff on the ground in western Vilas Co. Hope he digs nice trails to the trees, so I don't have to trudge through it. Hoping to start...

Ten day forecast seems to have changed over nite. Looks like we'll be tapping soon. Probably start tapping Presque Isle area March 18??? Could be a short season. Already starting a week later...

Don't let that other sap fool you. He's already found the easiest method for cleaning pans. Leave camp and the pans behind. Let little brother clean em. Actually, I filled pans with water,...

Well, I may not have made this clear in my earlier post about ginger infused. I don't have to worry about the legalities of selling. All of my syrup is for personal consumption, and given away. I...

I've never run to the end of the season. We are a boutique, high quality operation. AKA small potatoes. We run between 30-50 taps, and cook until we don't feel like it. Could be 2 batches, could...

I recently did a couple pints of ginger infused syrup just to try it. I started with finished syrup from last year, threw in about an inch of ginger root, sliced thin. Let it simmer for about 15...

I've used both a cheap thermometer, and a high quality temperature probe. Key is, check temp when sap starts to boil. finish point is 7-7.5 degrees higher. I still compare to a syrup hydrometer. ...

Question for you "hobby cookers". I've been doing this 4 years now. I'm small time, 50-60 taps, gravity into buckets. I typically get 3-6 gallons of finished syrup. This year I'm doing most of my...

I tapped last weekend, near Presque Isle. One hole out of 50 was barely wet. Hoping this weekend I'll have enough to cook.

put in 50 taps this weekend in Vilas county. No sap flow, but temperatures this coming week look good.

Collected about 100 gallons on about 60 taps this past weekend. They were still flowing, but pulled all the gear. Called it a season. Ended with about 7.5 gallons

I thought a pressure washer would clean them right up. Nope. I'm running at 3200 psi, with a tip that will take mortar out of brick joints. Only removes the loose stuff. I haven't tried the...

I'm a small hobbyist producer. 3-5 gallons per year. I filter my syrup twice while hot, then pour into glass milk bottles. Let it sit for about 5 days. Pour the clear syrup off, reheat, but not...

My grandpa talked of sugaring for 20 years that I can remember. We never did it. It wasn't until long after he passed that I "pulled the trigger", and started creating the most expensive syrup on...

Was in Vilas county last Monday through Friday, after buckets sat for 5 days. With 66 taps out, collected a total of about 48 gallons of sap. Sugar content must be pretty high. Cooked about 1.5...

Looking for recent activity in vilas county. We put in about 50 taps 3 weeks ago in Manitowish Waters area. Last weekend they were barely flowing. I don't live there, come up on weekends to cook. ...

I put 45 taps in Manitowish Waters area over the weekend. Flow almost non-existent. Had maybe 3 gallons by Sunday morning. Still 2 1/2 feet of snow on the ground.