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    Yup, seeing as we're posting in the backyard...

    Yup, seeing as we're posting in the backyard enthusiasts thread... sometimes I want to go back to small scale. If I stuck with the best trees around here, I have no doubt I could average 3.5-4% with...
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    Looks like the worst since 2012. I'm at about...

    Looks like the worst since 2012. I'm at about .35 gallons syrup per tap, with the sugar content being my worst ever. If I can get a few more days, there is an outside chance of getting to .4...
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    Well I've been below 2% for quite some time now. ...

    Well I've been below 2% for quite some time now. But I tested the sap from the tree that my kids tapped. 5.6%. They've been drinking it as it comes. As far as the season goes... I was going to...
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    I've been quite happy with organic canola oil. ...

    I've been quite happy with organic canola oil. Boiling raw sap, I use probably a pint, pint and a half over a season to make 400+ gallons of syrup. Dr. Tim, are the commercially produced organic...
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    About 1.5 gal sap/tap between the last two days. ...

    About 1.5 gal sap/tap between the last two days. Boiled today and will again tomorrow. But if I knew then what I know now, I would have wouldn't have tapped yet. Looks like a cold spell coming up...
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    Finished tapping yesterday morning, then ran a...

    Finished tapping yesterday morning, then ran a new 3/16 line in the afternoon to bring this year's tap count to 950 or so. I think 1000 could be had if I spent some time corralling the last few...
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    I'll be tapping starting tomorrow. Takes me...

    I'll be tapping starting tomorrow. Takes me about 2 full days. Some years I might have tapped to see what I could get yesterday and today, but there were too many things going on and I wasn't sure...
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    They sure put a lot into that form. I think I...

    They sure put a lot into that form. I think I had my first (and only) inspection the second or third year I was licensed. It's no big deal, just send in the paperwork every year.

    If your town...
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    It's the first one, food and fuel.

    It's the first one, food and fuel.
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    That link is still good, nothing has changed. At...

    That link is still good, nothing has changed. At least when I click it it takes me straight there.
  11. Thread: 2020 season

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    That's it for me. Barely a freeze last night and...

    That's it for me. Barely a freeze last night and the sap didn't run well today. Plus there's only so much 60:1 I can take. Final total should be just shy of 1/2 gallon syrup per tap. Very similar...
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    Keep after it, Nate! I'm surprised you didn't...

    Keep after it, Nate!

    I'm surprised you didn't get colder. I had a good freeze here, and I'm usually warmer than what the forecast says it will be. I'm thinking a couple more days... the taps are...
  13. Thread: 2020 season

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    Who's still in it? I almost quit, but decided to...

    Who's still in it? I almost quit, but decided to stick with it a bit longer. I pulled the taps I have in reds, as well as the ones tapped below the mainline. Barely a trickle the last couple days,...
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    The cold stretch early this week actually brought...

    The cold stretch early this week actually brought it back up to 2.0 briefly. I've been between 1.7 and 2.0 for a while now... an unusually low sugar year for sure.

    The sap has run well the last...
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    Through yesterday: 360 gallons of syrup on 15,850...

    Through yesterday: 360 gallons of syrup on 15,850 gallons of sap. That's .38 gallons of syrup and 16.7 gallons of sap per tap. I'm hoping for 90 more gallons of syrup, which looks quite possible at...
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    Closing in on 2 gpt since it thawed yesterday,...

    Closing in on 2 gpt since it thawed yesterday, 1.9% brix. Boiled off 1260 gallons in 10 hours, looks like another long day tomorrow. Looks to be the lightest syrup of the year, probably still...
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    How's everyone making out? Right now I'm at 270...

    How's everyone making out? Right now I'm at 270 gallons of syrup on 11470 gallons sap. That's about 42:1, which would be fine over the whole season, but the sugar content has been really low lately....
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    Well I'm disappointed in my sugar content. It's...

    Well I'm disappointed in my sugar content. It's been about 2.2% lately. Without any deep freeze likely, I'm afraid it isn't going to go up much. I think my worst season averaged out at about 43:1. ...
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    Well it didn't freeze up here. Maybe partially...

    Well it didn't freeze up here. Maybe partially froze in some of the woods, I'm not sure. Sap flow picked up when the sun came out, but not like yesterday. Still, with a thousand gallons through...
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    Technically it's impossible to get a vaccuum...

    Technically it's impossible to get a vaccuum beyond -30" Hg. But clearly it's doing what it's supposed to. 60 gph on 460 sounds about right. I have about twice as many taps and was at 110 gph for...
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    Really good run yesterday. Cranked through 1000...

    Really good run yesterday. Cranked through 1000 gallons of sap today and made 24 gallons of syrup. I had sweetened the pans yesterday, but not drawn off. No freeze last night, so not a lot of sap...
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    I boiled at 2.4% today. Often I start around...

    I boiled at 2.4% today. Often I start around 2.0-2.2, climb to 2.5-2.8 for the middle of the season, then taper off. I generally end up right in the neighborhood of 40:1. So starting off at 2.4%...
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    Nothing to speak of yesterday. I finished...

    Nothing to speak of yesterday. I finished tapping by 1pm, fired up the vacuum pump around 2 to look for leaks. Some taps were running, but nothing on the shady side of the tree for sure. Today it...
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    I put in over a hundred taps yesterday. Will...

    I put in over a hundred taps yesterday. Will probably do a similar number today in the warmest part of the day. I plan to be all tapped by noon Saturday. If it warms up enough to run in the...
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    Looks like the temperatures will be a little too...

    Looks like the temperatures will be a little too low to get any real sap early next week. But it is time to get the saphouse ready and the lines fixed. Last time I was down there a couple days ago I...
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