Did my final boil today. The temps over the next week will stay above freezing and my trees just began to bud. That's ok since I ended with my best year so far. To many of you this is nothing, but...
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Did my final boil today. The temps over the next week will stay above freezing and my trees just began to bud. That's ok since I ended with my best year so far. To many of you this is nothing, but...
this is nothing compared to most of you guys but I have 12.75 pints so far. Last year I ended with 12. Is everyone else having a good year?
WOW Chris... That is one heck of a setup!
you guys are doing well! The last 2 days I have collected more than the normal amount of sap and have a bunch frozen and ready to boil this weekend. I am definitely doing better than the last 2...
wow, that is impressive!
Sbedilion
cool photo!
My boil yesterday yielded 6.25 pints which is pretty good for me. We usually get under 2 gallons a year which is a good amount for us.
I thought it was just me. I haven't measured sap over 2% yet this year. I have about 16 gallons of around 7% to boil tomorrow.
10 gallons of sap yesterday and 9 the day before. This is a good run for me. With the 10 day forecast I am glad I tapped as early as I did.
I tapped 13 trees today. The others I have tapped in the past never did very well. Even with it as cold as it was 2 of them started to drip. Hoping for a good season. Good luck everyone!
That is my plan too, only Sunday night
Fingers crossed!
Looks like we may be about a week away from tapping....
PHSINV how much syrup did you get last year?
You have me beat by a few years and a few trees. This will be my 4th season and I have about 15 trees to tap. I get enough syrup for my family each year and have fun doing it.
what happens if you freeze your concentrate after RO in a chest freezer?
Compared to you guys my to do list isn't worth mentioning. I flushed my RO bucket yesterday and need to wash out my buckets and lines which should take 30 minutes...
I wish I had more trees but...
Taps were running dry and I got less than a quart yesterday so we pulled the taps. Ended the season with 1.5 gallons of syrup. We all seem to like this years syrup more than what we had from the...
Had a good weekend for me, we collected about 18 gallons of sap last night. The down side was the sugar content was definitely lower than it was earlier. I dropped from 1.75 to 1.25.
sounds like a great archery spot, may not want to mess with it too much.
I would have my tractor and brush hog there in the summer to clear that crap out
I am tapping all the maples I have that are big enough. You are lucky to have that option. But.... if I had more I would be building a sugar shack and a big arch.
I started with 75 gallons of sap, took that down to about 18 gallons of concentrate to boil to 7 pints of syrup.
Do you combine your maple and walnut? Curious what that would taste like.
Finished syrup for the first time today. Bottled 7 pints which is more than I ended with last year.
Better day today, 11 gallons