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Thank you Ed. I'll try that.

Thanks red/one - My issue is not foaming up at all ... the "explosion" comes without warning ... It's more like a volcano. I usually only have a couple of inches in the bottom of the pan since I'm...

I've had a problem when finishing my syrup on the stove in my home. When it is boiling it seems to gather steam and then suddenly "explode" all over the stove and sometimes me! It's not boiling...

Thanks for the response. My season is wrapping up now so I think I'll save the Orlon filter for next year and try to let the sugar settle. There's so much sand, I may not have much syrup left when...

I'm a very small yard tree syrup maker. I have a batch that will probably be 1/2 gallon on the stove finishing. If I were to pull out my Orlon filter and pre filters, about how much of that syrup...

I've got a R-65 burner that I am trying to boil down my sap on. It's been on there for 3 1/2 hours at about 1 1/2" deep and has not boiled at all ... a little steam and that's it. The regulator is...

Tapped today in Eagan, MN. In 1 1/2 hours there is 2-3" in my buckets! Yay!
... hoping it really gets going this weekend.

. Thanks ennismaple! It would be a crime if I killed my beautiful front yard sugar maples ... I feel better now!

I've heard that trees should be 40 years old before they're old enough to be tapped. I have two sugar maples in my yard that we planted about 25 years ago. They are 12 and 14" inches in diameter. ...

Last year was my first making syrup and I had two sugar maples (in my yard) and four boxelder (in the woods). I made syrup from both, but I kept them separate. The sugar maple syrup was classically...

I am a first timer and this year I tapped two sugar maples in my yard and 5 box elders in the woods next to my house. I kept the saps separate and I found that the boxelder syrup had a much stronger...