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Woodsy....huh the couple times I boiled bad sap, it smelled like swamp water pretty much right away. Glad you were sensible enough to boil it separately from your other batches.

Lol let's put iit this way....I swear BY my Murphy Cup, not at it ;-) And I attribute using it to the # of ribbons I won in 2022, esp at Carp, where you have sizeable entries.

I went the...

Great, thank you! Always forget about the FB page!

What, are the levels of the great Lac Sirop D'erable dropping?

Sounds interesting!

I stick with my sharkfin spiles and aluminum pails, which are either 1.5 or 2 gallons. Wouldn't go plastic even if you paid me.

And if anyone wants to sell sharkfins - still in good condition,...

BTW all I discovered a cool hack for cleaning rust. I repaired the base of my sugar shack's smokestack but there was still a lot of rust around the base of it, from rain running down the chimney and...

Yeah it's been a weird season!

BTW all I discovered a cool hack for cleaning rust. I repaired the base of my sugar shack's smokestack but there was still a lot of rust around the base of it, from...

I pulled the taps today, except for two trees, both of which are still chugging out small amounts of slightly cloudy but still good syrup. Pity cause I've already finished off Batch #4, another Dark...

Thanks for the nice words :-) Yeah sugarers is a word, or sucriers if you wanna be all fancy lol!!

IDK about super efficient, I just tap conservatively and have only 8 trees max. I gave a couple...

Glad you were told to not tap too early, those old sugarers learned the hard way! I tapped March 3rd, so things are slowing as they should, of their own accord. A couple of spiles are now producing...

I've had a tree tap out too, just one of the 1-spile bush maples. Another spile on a big tree is starting to call it a day. But the forecast in my area still conducive through next week, so will keep...

Seems a little late to start, but you can try if you like.

Annndd.....it's winter again! lol

My own trees are making their preferences known. The colder days leave the bigger trees going 'meh'....they like warm sunny weather. The three bush maples are pretty consistent, but Surprise 2 had me...

Hi Maplelane, I use plain white vinegar to soak off the worst of the scorch. Leave overnight. I used Barkeeps friend with the rough side of a sponge and gently scour the area mostly in a circular...

Haha yeah I was wondering what was wrong with me esp as I ain't a new producer!

Ah ok lol yeah!!! The burnt pan club needs its own logo...maybe a smoking blackened syrup pan :-) Amazed that it took long to reach this milestone!

And thanks for the kudos, nice to know someone...

[QUOTE=Bucket Head;410514]Nice video! Thanks for posting that.

Years ago at the VVS maple Conference, Steve Childs gave a presentation on bucket collection efficiency. He asked what was better...

You're sorry I've joined? Lol only been here since forever! Hehe....yeah I caved and finally did choose to tap. Amazed at the low amounts of nitre.

Yet everyone! Guess what I did! Finally popped my 'never scorched a pan' claim to fame! After 16 yrs I thought I had this magick down to a T. But nope...apparently I'm dumb enough to think that...

...after 16 seasons you finally scorch pans, including one that continues to scorch as the pan is being emptied!!!! I know i have good sugar content but never even thought to add distilled water to...

Oh IDK about that....I went out at 1am last night, brought in 23l sap, another 14 at 11 am, prob last sap collection of the day at 6 or so.

Hey all, OMG so excited for batch #2...definite delicious smell of chocolate off of this batch! Can't wait to see if the flavour reflects this brand-new note! Ratio is also incredible....approx...

Yep I got suckered back into it as I looked at the dwindling syrup supply from last year. Can't have that!

I got a really nice couple litres of light Amber from Batch #4, but unfortunately...