I’ve been a hobby guy for 20 years, making about 20 gallons a season. I just moved and my new property also has maples. I’m looking for information on how to manage the woods. I think there are...
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I’ve been a hobby guy for 20 years, making about 20 gallons a season. I just moved and my new property also has maples. I’m looking for information on how to manage the woods. I think there are...
I put 54 buckets up in northeast Grand Rapids yesterday and I’m putting more up today. Forecast looks great.
Never in my life did I ever think I'd look into a bucket and be relieved that there wasn't much in there. Granted, I have more taps up this year but not even close to the doubling that I will...
I’ve been doing this for a dozen years and I have just over a hundred taps out this season. It’s all buckets and brawn. I have never seen the flow so strong. Yesterday I had some three gallon...
Probably right but I tapped Feb 17 and it's already been a killer season. More finished syrup than I've ever had by this time of year. This weekend should be nuts. Besides the point but I was...
SW Michigan (Grand Rapids) has also been great. Tapped on Feb 17. More finished syrup than I've had by this time of year. At least 600-700 gallons off just over 100 taps.
Always willing to help. Email me at billboersma007@gmail.com with any questions.
So true... Literally turn around and there she goes. Like it knows where your eyes are and is just waiting...
Likewise in NE GR. Collected 50 gallons off 80 taps Sunday evening then 125 gallons Monday evening. It's still running. This morning some buckets are half full or more. I'm betting on 50-100...
I've given up trying to figure out when my tress will run and when they won't. On a sunny 45 degree day after a modest freeze I get a scarce haul and then after a couple of days of high temps and no...
Walking through the woods in the pitch dark in a suit and wing tips with your iPhone light on to find and empty the fuller buckets so no sap overflows and is wasted while you're at the office for the...
I built a natural gas fired cinder block arch with a pair of 2x3 flat bottom pans. Don't know anything about NG safety. Had a HVAC company put a valve right off my gas meter. I run 1 inch black...
Tapped on February 17 looking at a good weekend knowing it would stop for a week. Ran like crazy and stopped like predicted. Started running again on Sunday the 26th. All over the board with some...
I used to boil with propane and turkey fryers but I switched to natural gas. The last time I used propane I went through fourteen 20 pound tanks to make 5 gallons of syrup... that's better than...
Put in 40 taps Saturday before leaving on a business trip in California this week. Didn't get much before taking off. Does it take a few days for the tress to thaw out after the extreme cold? Told...
I put in some of my taps over a week ago and got a good run and then it all froze up. Collected tonight and was shy of a gallon a tap. Drilled a few this evening and it flowed like crazy. I have...
I'm running a natural gas line from the house to an evaporator I'm building. I've been doing quite a bit of homework and I am looking for some advice. Bottom line it looks like I could use pipe...
Thanks for the comments. I don't have that many trees so I think I will go with the 2 pan strategy. Very good point.
Another question:
When I link them together with a valve, is it simply a...
I'm moving up incrementally from the batch method using a double burner turkey fryer with two 40 qt stockpots to a cinder block arch in the back yard tapped into the natural gas line from the house. ...
I have a vision and no one's allowed to laugh at it:) I've been very small time so far, most recently making 5 gallons using two 40 quart stock pots and a double burner turkey fryer. I don't plan on...
Hello. My name is Bill and I am in Grand Rapids, MI. A few years ago, my kids went on the annual sugar bush tour at the local nature preserve. The next day, while checking out at the local hardware...