My first and probably only post this year. It was a great season for sure. Tapped in the first week end in March (65 taps, 3 weeks early) had several good batch boils leading up to Easter week end...
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My first and probably only post this year. It was a great season for sure. Tapped in the first week end in March (65 taps, 3 weeks early) had several good batch boils leading up to Easter week end...
The brown stinky sap is likely water from a punky section inside the tree. Might be a seam or crack in the tree. Good call to dump it.
Pretty lousy season this year. The second half of March brought late season snow and slightly too cold. April brought very high temps (like well over 20) buckets all needed washing today in hopes...
I'm all taped in as of March 19. Winter is still giving us some bursts of snow now and then but the days in between have been good. Made a couple good collections this week. First boil this week end.
I was ready to pack it in this Easter weekend when I boiled a 60 gallon batch on Saturday. Came home this evening after being away most of the day to find 40 of my 60 buckets full to the rim. I'll...
Just logging on for the first time this year. I tapped March 13th this year, earliest in 10 years. I put in 65 taps and so far have made around 3 gallons of syrup. It ran great this morning and then...
I pulled all my taps yesterday. (Apr. 6) 3 weeks earlier than last year. I too am about 60% what I made last year, although typically I push it until the last minute. I basically had 2 good runs this...
Had a great run Sunday trough Tuesday evening. Collected 150 gallons from 75 taps. My trees had a strong steady drip all day despite the crazy wind on Monday, and then late into Monday they continued...
Although it rained all day yesterday, my trees all opened up after a week of sitting dry. Went out this morning and we had a fresh layer of snow. Removed all the ice from my buckets and collected...
I'm just north of North Bay and I put in 80 taps (March 16-17) haven't been able to fill a 55 gal. barrel in 5 days. Just got way too warm on the weekend. No freezing forecast until thursday. Guess...
I started tapping yesterday (March 15) Had my 4 year old grandaughter helping so we only got the first 15 buckets in. I'll drill another 25 today. Trees are starting to thaw and my guess is Wednesday...
The trees has a great final push on the 23-24, nice clear sap although low sugar. Ended up with about 45L of syrup from 55 taps. All in all a good year. The weather has very quickly changed to...
Still boiling, in the north end (North Bay) I taped 55 trees this year, all buckets. Had 3 boils so far. Made about 18 litres of syrup. Forecast for next week looks like we might get a few good...
Started tapping this week end (Mar. 14-15) most trees were dripping slowly. Almost 3 week sooner than last year but I typically start 3rd week in March.
All done!
The sap ran Sunday and Monday thanks to the -5 temps overnight. Boiled late into the night to get through 70 gallons of sap. Low sugar but that's to be expected. +12 to 16 through the...
I think i'm probably one of the last ones in the province still collecting good sap. I was all ready to pack it in after only 2 weeks of slow sap runs, and then the the forecast called for two or...
You're right Karen, the first boil happened Saturday, got about 4 litters of nice amber syrup. Collected and boiled again Sunday until the weather turned cold and windy. Next couple days looks...
Hello everyone, I'm just at the north end of North Bay, been tapped in since April 1st. Put in 60 taps this year and I'm setting up for my first boil tonight. My 55 gallon is full plus whatever ran...
Good to hear that the sap is starting in the north. I put in 60 taps this week end and only collected a marginal amount last night. Snow depth is 4 feet. I had to pack down the snow around the tree...
The season has ended for me. Had a decent steady run on Sunday and Monday. averaged just over 2 gallons of sap per tap over 2 days. Pulled the 50 buckets on Tuesday, most were still dripping really...
Disappointing is right, the day starts out sunny and perfect, the trees start to drip and by 11:00 am the temps are +10C and the trees just shut down. I guess i'll wait until the weekend and then...
Just had my first boil. (April 21) Almost a month behind. I only put out 50 taps this year thinking that I would add more as the weather became favourable. Well we had two days of good weather and...
I'm in the northern section and this years sap season has been a complete bust. We've had a few day here and there of sap flow followed by several days of freezing or near freezing or snow. I...
Welcome Backyardmaplesyrup, sounds like you're doing really well with just two trees. I wouldn't give up just yet, I haven't even collected enough sap to sweeten my pans yet:cry:. I'm at least 3...
Sorry, can't really see anything in the pics. I've had syrup go a little cloudy after opening, but it was from high sugar content (reduced a little to much) Small sugar crystals would start to form...