Thanks Irish Ridge, Glad you had a good season. I am still bummed about not sugaring this season but next spring will come, and we all hope for a normal winter- spring. Thanks 0n the gold mining,...
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Thanks Irish Ridge, Glad you had a good season. I am still bummed about not sugaring this season but next spring will come, and we all hope for a normal winter- spring. Thanks 0n the gold mining,...
Hi everyone, well the season is a total bust for me, we decided to not tap at all with this unpredictable weather, 74 degrees today. Was at our land this weekend found greasy soft muddy ground in...
Hi Tom, welcome to Vernon County. Congratulations on the new home I would love to have a home there, my home is 80 miles from the sugar bush. With my son moving to South Dakota our plan was to have...
I see a bunch of activity out there, I was in South Dakota this last week for MSHA training, my son and daughter in law will be mining gold on a permitted claim in the black hills. So My wife and I...
Yes like you I have not tapped yet, and will wait until later. guessing March 2nd and 3rd. your so right old tap holes are a problem.
Another mild day so I tapped a maple behind my house and my fears were true,sap was running and the tap was on the north side of the tree.BUMMER FOR SURE. to early to tap yet to late to wait. never...
Yesterday Saturday January 27th I took my snowmobile over to our sugar bush.I decided to place my top tanks out and cover them with snow and tarps, seeing our snow is melting away. The second week of...
Hi fellow sappers, back from 2.5 day stay at the cabin. My 19yo grandson came over to help me, he brought his Honda dirt bike with him which I rode a bit, boy that thing will make a old guy feel 19...
Hi all, had a long stay at sugar camp. Arrived Wed March 29th with plans to cut some dead dry standing elm, Started that 10:00 finished at 1:30. then split it all and piled it up by the sugar house...
Thanks for the report, Yes some moths in the sap but my biggest issue were the snow fleas. They got under my top tank tarps, and were so thick the white tanks were black . If you try to brush them...
Friday March24th arrived at 9:15, as soon as I opened the truck door could hear the red winged black birds are back. Well took water and the finish pan to the sugar house, then went up top to gather...
Glad you were able to make some syrup with the cold temps, I knew we would have had a problem with those cold temps, from the bulk tank valve to the evaporator the sap turns to slush and creates a...
Hi fellow sappers, We did not make any syrup this past weekend. Thursday March 16th was a mild day but had rain all day, so I decided to not gather for 8 hrs in that. Friday March 17th was cold and...
Why do we do it ? because its all about the experience, and making some great syrup from our own woods. You mentioned putting wood in every 2 hours at night, our evaporator takes an arm load of wood...
Well had 4 more days of this syrup thing, Friday March 10th arrived at 3:00 pm have 6 more inches of snow on top of last weeks 3 inches of sleet. Took water and finish pan back to the sugar house,...
Back from a 4 day sugar camp, Friday March 3rd arrived late had buckets of water, cabin needs and the finish pan to get back to the sugar house. Able to use the atv for gathering, started 3 pm guess...
Hope you have a great season And have fun with it. As grandpa in the movie Grumpy Old Men gave us one of my favorite quotes. Its all about the experience Johnny thats all there is.
Thanks Irish Ridge for the report, I will be heading over tomorrow Friday to gather and get ready for first boil Saturday. We sappers have learned to walk on some rough landscapes thats fore sure.I...
Glad trees are coming awake, I knew the rain was coming so I covered all the snow around top tanks. process pack snow around two 100 gal tanks then cover with white tarps then more snow over that. so...
Hi fellow sappers, spent 3 days over at the land,Friday Feb 24th arrived 3pm thankfully we had about 5-6 inches of dense snow so was able to cover my top tanks after all. Did that till dark,restful...
Hi Irish Ridge,Glad your getting some trees tapped,Icy hillsides are the worst to navigate what I use are ice fishing cleats, seems safer but can not always rely on them. 25th for us for tapping. My...
Hi everyone, traveled over to the land on Saturday Feb 18th have 230 buckets -lids along. Snow cover was sparse so glad to have the 4 wheeler to get things up top.There was 3-4 inches of snow in the...
Thought I would say hi everyone, tapped my back yard maple this afternoon February 7th on the north side of the tree and found it dripping. But still plan on the usual date of February 25th-26th....
Hi little Tapper, I live just north of Madison and tapped our back yard soft maple this afternoon it was also dripping.But my sugar bush is 80 miles west, still plan on Feb 25th -26th to tap.God...
Hi Irish Ridge, had a chat with my neighbor Friday morning. he was asking about our season and I was telling him about fire wood shortage and a few other complaints. He said you know, you can quit at...