Well 100g, 110g and yesterday 130g of sap... i need some sleep.
i have a 2x5 flat pan so am stuggling a little. We are having a great year for syrup.
We have 128 taps adn sap is still at...
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Well 100g, 110g and yesterday 130g of sap... i need some sleep.
i have a 2x5 flat pan so am stuggling a little. We are having a great year for syrup.
We have 128 taps adn sap is still at...
i have 50 out of 110 buckets out maybe tomorrow i will get the rest out. i am not close to being ready yet. Still quite a bit of scrubbing to be ready.
Mark
ya i should have got more but my pipeline stopped early, i am thinking not enought slope.
That is why i want to get rid of it.
I have 300 feet of 3/4 mainline for sale with 33 taps on it. I am in the ottawa area if anyone is interested.
How did everyone do this year... i got 65 liters from 130 taps.
Yesterday i collected 85 gallons, and still has a bit left this morning. this is about the limit of my 2x5 flat pan. The snow is still a pain gettign around the bush, only got stuck twice. We...
picke up 70 gallons off 130 taps. Was really hoping for more yesterday. Thursday and Friday should be better. I have to collect walking with buckets, the atv keeps getting stuck with all that...
i once saved all the ice and melted it. then measured the sugat at .5%, so it is not much if your running near 3%
i have seen years where is ends quickly but there is so much snow left that i...
HI all,
looks like this weekend is it for the ottawa area.. -5 at night +8 during the day. I have 66 our of 110 taps in and will put the rest in tonight and tomorrow. I gathered 30 gallons...
Hi All,
I am out in Winchester south of Ottawa. I am going away skiing with the family next week, so that will be the biggest run of the year! haha... i will tap next Friday the 14th. I hope...
I have a yamaha kodiak 350 with a 35 gallon tank on the back (low profile). it works great, the steering gets a bit light going up hills (sometimes i put a kid on the front for better steering.
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we collected 135 gallons on 113 taps yesterday, at 10 gph needless to say i have some sap left today. I think we are going to make our years worth of syrup in this 7 day period. My wood pile took...
I was just at a new supplier near casselman (near Ottawa) and he has a nice selection. He has a 2x4, 2x6 and a 2x8 on display ready for purchase.
He is a super nice guy, i told him i would pass...
I would suggest a smaller machine for when you get stuck. Independent suspension gives you a better ride and more clearance underneath. And a must is the 4 wheel locking differential. Your...
"As for washing the filters…no, we don’t wring them. We turn them inside out and run them through the washing machine, then hang them on the line to dry."
I think we may have found the problem,...
Well it hasn't happened in a while (tapping in February) but i may tap on Saturday, sunny and plus 4, as long as the forecast is warm for next week.
Today
Cloudy with sunny periods
* 1°C...
Hi,
I have two of these Welch Duoseal vacuum pumps(link below). Is there enough vacuum and CFM to work for 50 to 100 taps?
Mark
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I do my syrup in batches so i am more flexible that most of you guys.
I boil till i have 20 gallons left in my feed tank then go to bed and let it feed into my pan overnight. I have a copper...
i have one of these units for sale at the moment. They do work great for the small producer. The most taps i have done on this is 80. i switched to a 2 by 5 flat pan to make it easier since you...
Wow this is the most lush our bush has looked it years! all the leaves are larger than normal and everything is so full and green. As long as we don't get a drought this summer this will be a...
a trick to see if you have soaked (boiled) long enough, take a spoon full of beans blow on them. If the skin flakes off they are ready for the oven if not keep boiling and try again.
Mark
Hi all,
We had a terrible year for syrup.. it went from winter to summer and we kind of missed spring. We only made 15 gallons from 107 taps and it was all med.
A friend of mine made 32 gallons...
we have lots of snow and have the same problem with slush under the snow.
I am not getting that great of sap quantity but it is still at 3.5%. it is our forth collection of ~70 gallons for 107...
I am about 40 minutes to Merrickville, i don't know how Ennis ran lines in all this snow.. lots of extra work.
I am going to tap Saturday morning, unless i get off work early and do a few on Friday afternoon. I made a trail with snowshoes through the bush last weekend. There is an average of 3 feet of snow...
My technique for draining the front pan of syrup.
i also cover the fire with a piece of metal when drawing off. it does cut down on most the heat. When i have slab wood i also cover the entire...