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No offense but what's up wth the quotations on producers???

I have to fertilze and prune some of my trees. I have a conundrum regarding pruning, I need to prune but even inside of 4ft fence cages I need the trees to grow out of the reach of deer and...

Pretty decent run from my yard trees yesterday and today, about 2 1/2 gallons per tap and still dripping. they keep backing down the temps in the next few days, I would bet that if u want to keep...

I am looking forward to boiling on my sl silverplate 30"x10 ,not going to happen this year. Good to hear your boil rates, I hope to achieve 120ish gph, but have heard upwards of 150 on the same rig....

I'm done for the year, just turned off the propane after getting a nasty smell off pan and finisher, my wife thought it smelled like wet tree bark, I think it is metabolic, trees are not budded in...

Still running decent from my yard trees, one is drying up and getting milky. Still I will most likely pull my few taps tomorrow, getting to expensive on the propane . Can't wait to get new evap and...

Definitely sounds like metabolic to me, I have had this happen and you can't tell from the sap but once you start boiling it becomes evident. I would dump the affected sap or syrup and go on, it can...

I am going get into beekeeping this year, hopefully 2-3 hives. Just like the thought of it plus it will help with pollination in my garden and orchard. I actually live only a couple of miles from a...

I have a yard tree that tested over 5 before, this year it is in the 3.3-3.5 range. My yard trees average around 3ish most years, this year high 2s.

Talked to a big area producer, 30k taps, they were testing around 1% , and have only made about 4K gallons so far. Seems a lot of the bigger producers are down this year. Time is against us, ready or...

It definetaly has been a strange year, here in western ny there is no frost in the ground. Same thing with sap getting some here and there but no big run days.

I was not trying to offend anyone and I that makes sense to me, but I have to fence all my trees so planting the smaller ones is just too much work right now. I would rather let the nurseries get...

It should be against the law to burn sugar maple and apple.lol sucks that three of the hottest burning trees,are ones I will not cut unless damaged, Oak,apple and sugar maple. I try not to cut any...

My yard trees gave 11 gallons off 9 taps today at 3.4-3.5 and still dripping decent. Today really feels like a maple day, really wishing I had new evap and sugar shack ready to go but I guess it will...

just got pricing from starks, much better than retail, but not interested in 1/4-1/2" whips. usually I get 5/8" or 3/4",with shipping at 20% the price between starks and the local nursery I deal with...

No doubt about the older you get the less snow you like, for me anyway. This weather is getting old real quick for me. However we didn't have a real frost set in the ground this year. Maybe a few...

Not showing anything in forecast to think it's going to change until next Friday, highs around 40 ,maybe a run this weekend depending on what forecast I look at. No doubt a strange year here in why.

Last week in our local penny saver, there was an advertisement for maple syrup $8 a quart, 1 gallon for $30 and a discount if you buy in bulk, i.e. 5 or more gallons. They listed pints and half...

With your 2x6 if you are not using a ro, I would personally start boiling to stay ahead of the game. If the sap starts to flow you could looking at 10-12 boil, which if you have time can be fun but...

Down here allegany county it ran a little Wednesday and dripped here today, on buckets. If you had vac you probably had a decent run or two, but today it hit 32 and the forecast for me doesn't look...

I have purchased many trees from starks including a few of their English walnuts, honestly I had one die, which they replaced, the others are not really doing that well. their apple trees have gotten...

I just sold my 2x6 all welded,ss arch,with blower for $2900, so my guess would be 2K ish, but you never know and it only takes one person to pay more.
If you went with an actual steam away I would...

I thought there would be considerable damage to lines from all the limbs and trees down. I was without power for 70 hrs, some around here are still without power. Not quite the ice storm of 91' but...

Just got power back last night at nine, almost 72 hours without it what a pain. Temps have not above 34-35 since Thursday, no runs here at all since. We got about 14 inches of snow here and it isn't...

I personally prefer the dark,robust because it tastes more "mapley" to me. I actual like syrup that has a hint of wood smoke flavor to it.